age religiosity differences

Question 1

trend?

Answer 1

older = more religious
younger = less religious

Question 2

what are the 3 points for old age religiosity?

Answer 2

disengagement
religious socialisation
ill health&death

Question 3

disengagement

Answer 3

older a person is, further attached from integrating mechanisms of society eg work
growing privatisation s more people they know die, more socially isolated
find social support in places of worship

Question 4

disengagement ao3

Answer 4

functionalists- social glue- binds communities together, more time on hands for religious organisations, creates sense of belonging

Question 5

religious socialisation- generational effect

Answer 5

each generation becoming less religious than the last, more older people than young in churches due to fact they grew up in a time where religion was more popular, greater emphasis in socialisation and curriculum. rediscover a previously ignored faith as they get older

Question 6

religious socialisation- generational effect ao3

Answer 6

bruce- weak religion- watered down faith as lose religiosity for period of life, then rediscover later, evidence of secularisation as no commitment to religion for whole life

Question 7

ill health/ death

Answer 7

older people faced with more ill health & death on horizon, both things religion is concerned with
naturally more concerned with afterlife, religion is a comfort (malinowski) helps people cope with life crisis

Question 8

ill health ao3

Answer 8

weber- people more likely to turn to medical sciences than religious explanations- rationalisation

Question 9

4 points for decrease in young religiosity

Answer 9

religion unattractive to the young
expanding spiritual market
decline in religious education
cultural amnesia

Question 10

religion unattractive to the young

Answer 10

mainstream religion is unattractive- boring, repetitive, old fashioned and out of touch as religion covers controversial issues such as patriarchy, abortion, same sex etc which is alien to values that younger people hold

Question 11

religion unattractive to the young ao3

Answer 11

christocentric- cant be generalised to global christianity and pentecostalism still attracts younger ems- ems still religious

Question 12

expanding spiritual market

Answer 12

lynch- turning away from conventional ideas of religion and towards NAMs
growing exposure and accessibility online so more sources for religious beliefs& forms of expression eg meditation/tarot etc

Question 13

expanding spiritual market ao3

Answer 13

spirituality is weak religion- bruce- doesn’t require much faith and can dip in/ dip out

Question 14

decline in religious education

Answer 14

bruce- decrease in recruitment of young people to sunday schools due to decrease in socialisation both at home and in curriculum, rate of decline means that hardly anyone attends sunday school by 2016 (1/2 ➡️1/25 students)

Question 15

declining religious education ao3

Answer 15

faith schools still on rise and emphasise religiosity and socialisation

Question 16

cultural amnesia

Answer 16

hervier-leger : west has largely lost religion that used to be passed down in generations
parents now let children decide what they want to believe in, leads to spiritual shopping- finding new religions, leading to decline of young people attending churches

Question 17

cultural amnesia ao3

Answer 17

despite decline, spiritual shopping still leads to increase in religion that suits persons life style eg pentacostalism/ NAMs