BELIEFS ALL THEORISTS !!!!! Flashcards

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Lyon (against secularisation)

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Re enchantment Of the world = growth in unconventional beliefs

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Religious market theory

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Existential security theory

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More state spends on welfare = Less religion participation

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Us and them mentality Literalism Aggressive Reactions Patriarchal Modern tech used to recruit/ spread message

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Fundamentalism is a product of modernity

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Globalisation undermines traditional views, New cosmopolitanism

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Resistance Identity - Feel Threatened and turn to fundamentalism Project Identity - Reponse to Forward Thinking

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Globalisation and Exonomic growth in India Causes Ultra nationalism similar to Civil religion

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Pentecostalism in South America

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Churches are large organisations with millions of followers, monopoly of truth

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Denominations lie between churches and sects and are less exclusive have little restrictions. Don’t claim monopoly of the truth Eg. Methodist Church Pentecostalism

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How they see themselves Sects and churches similar Claim monopoly of the truth Denominations and cults similar Don’t claim monopoly

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NRM types World rejecting World accommodating World accepting

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Client Cults Audience Cults Cultic Movements

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Troelsch - Marginality come from MD/Oppresion Weber - Theodicy of Disprivledge Wallis - Relative Deprivation (MC lack spirituality)

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Rapid Social Change causes Anomie, People turn to NRMs

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Why sects are short lived The second generation Death of Leader Protestant Ethic Effect

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Sectarian Cycle Initial schism Initial fervour Denominationalsim Establishment Further schism

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Adventist- waiting for second coming of Christ. E.G. Jehovah’s Witnesses 7th day Adventist’s Conversionist - turn to covert masses to their sect = Grow to denomination E.g Evangelicals

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Self Spirituality Detradionalalization

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NAMs offer individuals meaning

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Identity Crisis Rapid Social change Consumerism

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Those with higher economic status less likely to participate in religion the traditional view is that More W/C use religon (Theodicy of dispriveldge Weber) Howvee evidence shows more m/c are religious

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3 Reasons for Women being more religious : Gender differences in risk taking Women are socialised to be obedient and passive Women’s gender roles more likely to be part time workers

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Three types of deprivation that encourages women to join religion Organismic Ethical Social

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Black people 2x more likely to go to church than white

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Found decline in the importance for all religious groups, especially in the second generation

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5 Reasons why Ethnic minorities are more likely to take part in religion Come from countries with high levels of religion Provides a sense of community A way of maintaining Cultural identity Religion may be a way of dealing with oppression

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Ageing Effect Generational Effect

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Religion is unattractive/ boring Religion is more competitive See other role models or hero’s

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The virtual collapse of religious socialisation

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Science is based upon falsification therefor can be disproven

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Science is a closed system as it runs of paradigms. Dr Velinkovsky

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CUDOS norms Communism Universalism Dintrestestness Organised Sceptism

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Religion claims to have the absolute truth and nothing can challenge it

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Azande Tribe their belief in witchcraft causing misfortune isn’t questioned.

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Religions claim monopoly of the truth

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Religion can be seen as open systems due to being able to change Acceptance of Female Bishops in the Church of England.

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Religion has 3 Tendancies to defend their closed system Denial of Legitmacy Subsidiary Explanations Circulatory

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WC develop ideas that go against the hegemony, and realise they have become exploited and have a Dual consciousness and become named “Organic Intellectuals”

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Economic Factors stop workers from Rebeling.

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A nation is an “imagined community” We all identify with but don’t know the members.

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Nationalism is a feature of modern society Becasue idustrialisation creates large scale impersonal societies. Contrasting to those of the pre-industrial societies.

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Worldviews are a products of intellectuals who cannot relate to the individual. Ideological thought - Keep things the same Utopian thought - Jusitfies social change. Argues we need to create an objective worldview and to review society you need to detach yourself from priveledge or position named this “Free floating Inteligensia”

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Ideologies blocks women from positions of power, and are responsible for the inequalities in society.

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Material Depriavtion is a good example as science as an ideology, as it justifies the gender inequality by stating development of children was damaged by working mothers. And strengthen the ideolgy of men being breadwinners.

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19Th Century male doctors stated teaching females would create a “new race of puny unfeminie women”

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Women aren’t always subordinated by religion and example would be by Matriarchal religions such as Hinduism who worship goddesses as the creators of the universe.