Beliefs- Religious Organisations Flashcards

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What is a sect?

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People with different religious beliefs who are part of a larger group that they belong to

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What is a cult?

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A devotion to a certain figure that a group share

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What is a world rejecting NRM and what type of group is it associated with?

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They reject secularisation and attempt to transform the world (sects)

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What is a world accomodating NRM and what type of group is it associated with?

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Don’t fully accept values and goals of society but don’t reject them either (denominations)

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What is a world affirming NRM and what type of group is it associated with?

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Accept the values of society but try to create new ways to achieve this (cults)

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What is a denomination?

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A recognised branch of religion

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7
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What are the 4 reasons why people join sects?

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Marginalisation
Relative deprivation
Social change
Status frustration

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Why is marginalisation a reason for people joining sects?

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Poorer groups join sects to satisfy their spiritual needs and believe that heaven is compensation for their poverty

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Who is the theorist for marginalisation in relation for people joining sects?

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Weber

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10
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What group does relative deprivation affect as a reason for people joining sects?

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The middle class

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Who is the theorist for relative deprivation as a reason for people joining sects?

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Glock and stark

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What is social deprivation as a reason for the MC joining sects?

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The feel they have a lack of power so look for alternative sources of satisfaction

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What is organismic deprivation as a reason for the MC joining sects?

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Those who suffer from ill health may turn to sects in. hope of being healed as an alternative to drugs

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What is ethical deprivation as a reason for the MC joining sects?

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People believe that the world is in moral decline so they retreat to a sect

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Why is social change a reason for people joining sects?

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There is a sense of insecurity due to the rapid change of society

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Why is status frustration a reason for people joining sects?

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People feel unhappy about their status and religion offers them a sense of identity

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Who is the theorist for status frustration in terms of people joining sects?

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Wallis

18
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Who is the theorist for social change in relation to people joining sects?

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Bellah

19
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What does Bella say about the reason for an increase in people joining sects?

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The youth culture was burnt out and had a crisis of meaning due to alternative drug and pop culture so turn to free love values

20
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What is the second generation?

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People who are born into sects lack the commitment their parents do

21
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What can the second generation lead to?

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A denomination or death of the sect

22
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What is the protestant ethic effect?

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Sects that practice hard work means they are no longer suffering so don’t need religion

23
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What can the protestant ethic effect lead to?

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A denomination or death of the sect

24
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What does the death of the leader mean?

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The sect can die out as some are based on a role model

25
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What can the death of a leader lead to?

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A denomination or death of the sect

26
Q

What is a new age movement?

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Someone finding their ‘inner self’ and have a more spiritual outlook

27
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Who is more likely to participate in new age movements?

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Highly educated middle class females

28
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What are the 4 reasons for more women joining NAM’s?

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Individualism
Decline of status in science
Decline of traditional churches
Rise of consumerism

29
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Who is the theorist for individualism in relation to more women joining NAM’s?

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Giddens

30
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Why is individualism a reason for more women joining sects?

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More people are choosing their own identity and can be used to ‘find themselves’

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Who is the theorist for the decline in status of science in relation to more women joining NAM’s?

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Heelas

32
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Why is the decline in status of science a reason for more women joining sects?

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Science now fails to provide a solution to problems so turn to an alternative belief system

33
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Why is the decline of traditional churches a reason for more women joining sects?

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Traditional churches are outdated and the amount of roles people are expected to fill in society is too much and they lose their since of self

34
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Why is the rise of consumerism a reason for more women joining sects?

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People are now encouraged to be the perfect person and they can find the perfect religion for them

35
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Who is the theorist for the rise in consumerism in relation to more women joining NAM’s?

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Heelas