Beliefs In Society - Secularisation

Question 1

Wilson

Answer 1

Science has challenged religious organisations on every level

Question 2

Berger

Answer 2

Revival of ideological dominance

Question 3

Parsons

Answer 3

Religion now has a specialised role concerned with morality

Question 4

Huxley

Answer 4

Medieval church was corrupt - can’t assume high levels of belief in the past

Question 5

Acquavita

Answer 5

Secularisation is not just a European phenomenon, it is worldwide

Question 6

Martin

Answer 6

Stats about secularisation are not reliable or valid

Question 7

Demerits and Hammond

Answer 7

Decline in religious practice doesn’t mean decline in religious belief

Question 8

Hadden

Answer 8

High levels of religious belief in the US

Question 9

Hadaway

Answer 9

US proportion of church goers is…

Question 10

Berger and Luckman

Answer 10

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Question 11

Herberg

Answer 11

Growing nationalism demands emphasis on the supernatural

Question 12

Casanova

Answer 12

Secularisation is opposed by structural differentiation, consequence of modernity

Question 13

Bruce NRMs are evidence of a religious revival

Answer 13

Greely and Nelson

Question 14

Flock and Bellah

Answer 14

People want meaning as an alternative to scientific rationalism

Question 15

Kepel

Answer 15

NRMs are reaction to anqure of modernity

Question 16

Crockett

Answer 16

From 1850 only half of UK population has attended church

Question 17

Gill et al

Answer 17

Surveys over second half of 20th century say that there has been a decline in religious belief

Question 18

Wood house and Heelas

Answer 18

NAM practices have increased due to the focus on personal experience

Question 19

Hadaway

Answer 19

83% of Ohio claim to go to church however this is a gross over exaggeration

Question 20

Lynd and Lynd

Answer 20

Absolution has eroded due to…

Question 21

Grace Davie

Answer 21

Religion is privatised, we have belief without belonging

Question 22

Hervieu-leger

Answer 22

Religion is an individual choice, people have become spirituality shoppers.

Question 23

Lyon

Answer 23

In postmodernism, people pick and mix religion as part of their identidy.

Question 24

Stark and Bainbridge

Answer 24

Rational choice theory: people choose religion if the benefits outway the costs

Question 25

Norris and inglehart

Answer 25

High levels of religious belief are common in places with high extertential threat.

Question 26

Gill and Lindegaarde

Answer 26

The more a country spends on welfare, the less religious it is

Question 27

Nanda

Answer 27

Growth of Hinduism in India, links to middle classes. Teleguru preach that worshipping Hindu is the same as worshipping India

Question 28

Giddens

Answer 28

Fundamentalism is a reaction to globalisation and the cosmopolitan of the west

Question 29

Bruce

Answer 29

Fundamentalism in LEDC is a reaction to the imposition of western values

Question 30

Huntington

Answer 30

Globalisation makes national identifies less important. Religion is the focus of clash of civilisation.