Beliefs In Society - Secularisation Flashcards
Wilson
Science has challenged religious organisations on every level
Berger
Revival of ideological dominance
Parsons
Religion now has a specialised role concerned with morality
Huxley
Medieval church was corrupt - can’t assume high levels of belief in the past
Acquavita
Secularisation is not just a European phenomenon, it is worldwide
Martin
Stats about secularisation are not reliable or valid
Demerits and Hammond
Decline in religious practice doesn’t mean decline in religious belief
Hadden
High levels of religious belief in the US
Hadaway
US proportion of church goers is…
Berger and Luckman
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Herberg
Growing nationalism demands emphasis on the supernatural
Casanova
Secularisation is opposed by structural differentiation, consequence of modernity
Bruce NRMs are evidence of a religious revival
Greely and Nelson
Flock and Bellah
People want meaning as an alternative to scientific rationalism
Kepel
NRMs are reaction to anqure of modernity
Crockett
From 1850 only half of UK population has attended church
Gill et al
Surveys over second half of 20th century say that there has been a decline in religious belief
Wood house and Heelas
NAM practices have increased due to the focus on personal experience
Hadaway
83% of Ohio claim to go to church however this is a gross over exaggeration
Lynd and Lynd
Absolution has eroded due to…
Grace Davie
Religion is privatised, we have belief without belonging
Hervieu-leger
Religion is an individual choice, people have become spirituality shoppers.
Lyon
In postmodernism, people pick and mix religion as part of their identidy.
Stark and Bainbridge
Rational choice theory: people choose religion if the benefits outway the costs
Norris and inglehart
High levels of religious belief are common in places with high extertential threat.
Gill and Lindegaarde
The more a country spends on welfare, the less religious it is
Nanda
Growth of Hinduism in India, links to middle classes. Teleguru preach that worshipping Hindu is the same as worshipping India
Giddens
Fundamentalism is a reaction to globalisation and the cosmopolitan of the west
Bruce
Fundamentalism in LEDC is a reaction to the imposition of western values
Huntington
Globalisation makes national identifies less important. Religion is the focus of clash of civilisation.