Beliefs Flashcards
Feminism
the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of equality of the sexes.
Marginalisation
treatment of a person, group or society that relegates them to the fringe of society.
Patriarchy
a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it
Rational capitalism
a rational or systematic approach to economic activity means that that economic actors consider which of the several different possible courses of action they will take
‘compensator’
A religious compensator is belief in a future reward and/or justice
Rationalisation
refers to the process by which modern society has increasingly become concerned with: Efficiency: achieving the maximum results with a minimum amount of effort.
Theodicy
a theological construct that attempts to vindicate God in response to the evidential problem of evil that mitigates against the existence of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent deity.
Disenchantment
is the cultural rationalization and devaluation of religion apparent in modern society.
Anomie
a condition of instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values or from a lack of purpose or ideals.
Protestant ethic
emphasizes that hard work, discipline and frugality are a result of a person’s subscription to the values espoused by the Protestant faith, particularly Calvinism.
Predestination
the doctrine that all events have been willed by God.
salvation
preservation or deliverance from harm, ruin, or loss, deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brou.
Schism
a division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement,
Denominationalism
1 : devotion to denominational principles or interests. 2 : the emphasizing of denominational differences to the point of being narrowly exclusive : sectarianism.
Establishment
a closed social group which selects its own members or specific entrenched elite structures, either in government or in specific institutions
