Age And Religiosity Flashcards
What is ageing affect
As people come closer to I end of their life they interfere with spirituality increases.
Concern about after;life of desire to seek forgiveness of past sins
Elderly women more likely to attend church than men because they life longer
What is period effect
Current elderly general on maybe more religion due to women more suffer poverty live through hard
Norma and inglehard
Why is the young less religious
Areweck and beckford- claim that it is increasingly unlikely for parents to pass the traditional values of schools to churches
Church is boring
Birerly- found that 87% of 1-0-11 yr olds claimed that church was boring and old fSHIONED
IT FELT traditionally. Teachings
What is individualisation
Collins -mayo - found postmodernist suggest religion has become more of a personal choice rather than expectation- mirrors the general culture
Young therefore felt obliged to of themselves
What is a evaluation
Islamic youth whit trends seem to suggest young are distant themselves from religion. Samad- claims young Pakistan’s Bangladesh’s are Muslim and young still faithful to their religion