CAGE Flashcards
Why are EM’s religious?
- Cultural transtition theory
- Cultural defence
- marginalisation
- relative deprivation
What does Pryce argue about Pentecostalism?
Pryce- argue Pentecostalism emphasises the importance of family, community and hard work
What are Bird’s 5 reasons for high religiosity ?
- origin
- solidarity
- identity
- pressure
- oppression
Who speaks about relative deprivation?
Norris and Inglehart - existential security theory
Who speaks about the theodicy of the deprivilege?
Weber - theodicy of disprivilege - the idea people will be rewarded for their poverty. Rewards like salvation and heaven
Who supports the theodicy of disprivilege argument?
Marx - argues religion uses promise of heaven to distract the w/c from the cause of exploitation
What theory argues that religious institution can act as agents of revolutionary change for EM’s?
Neo marxism
Analysis that O’ Beirne found
White Christians rarely ranked religion as central to their identity
African Caribbean ranked religion as the third most important factor to their identity
Gender and religion- What are the patriarchal religions and why?
Abrahamic religions assumedly serve only a male God
Gender and religion- What are the gender neutral/ equal religions?
Hinduism - serve idols who are both male and female
Gender and religion- What does miller and hoffman say?
women are more likely to take interest in religion and have stronger commitment:
- due to socialisation - they were taught to be submissive and obedient = compatible with religion
- due to roles - women have low rates of paid work so have more time
Gender and religion- what does Greeley say about when a woman has a family?
Greeley- argues when women start caring for a family they assume a greater responsibility and get more of a religious outlook
Gender and religion- Who speaks about the diversity of women in religion and what do they say?
Woodhead- divided contemporary women in 3 ways :
- the home centred
- jugglers
- the work centred
Gender and religion- Analysis to show that women was declining in religion in 1989- 1998
Brierley- states that between 1989- 1998 more than 65, 000 women were lost from churches
Age and religion- What are the 3 reasons for elderly’s greater religiosity?
- generational effect
- disengagement
- ageing effect
Age and religion- What does Brierley say about elderly 65+ and attending church?
Brierley- argues age 65+ are more likely to attend church
Age and religion- Who says youth have more spiritual choice ?
Lynch- argues increased spiritual choice- young people are exposed to diversity of choice
Age and religion- What did Mayo say about young people and how they feel regarding following rules?
Mayo- said that young people in the past felt compelled to follow rules but British culture has more individualism
Age and religion- What does Bruce say about religious education?
Bruce- shows there is a decline in religious education. The church of England are unable to recruit young people through socialisation of religious education.
Age and religion- Analysis to show what young people thought of the church ?
Brierley- saw that 87% of 10-14 year olds found church boring, repetitive, uncool and old fashioned
Age and religion- What does levitts argue about church attendance?
church attendance declines every generation
Age and religion- What does Fahmy say about how many young people attend church?
Fahmy- 4% of young people 16-24 years attend church regularly
Age and religion- What is the generational effect?
where the elderly were grown up with religious values thus as they are religious now and have stayed religious
Age and religion- What is disengagement?
This is where people have become detached with society so have more time to offer to the community
Age and religion- What is the ageing effect?
This is where the elderly as they are growing older think more about the afterlife and where they are going
Class and religion- who tend to be the poorest and thus most religious in society ethnic minorities?
muslims tend to be the poorest and most religiously active in society.
Class and religion - what does Holden say about Jehovah witnesses?
Jehovah witnesses tend to be from a working class background and work in jobs with little interaction so seek it through conversionism
Class and religion - measuring class’ by church attendance?
Ashworth and Farthing- churchgoing is associated with the middle class
