ethnic differences Flashcards
solidarity theorist
davie and modood et al
solidarity explanation-davie
davie suggests that higher levels of religiousity helps to maintain solidarity through the community maintains tradition and group cohesion. it allows all people to come together through a shared sense of identity as people share language, dress codes etc. mosques and temples act as a community centre for a place of worship, providing a focus for social life as well as protecting and promoting cultural values and traditions that may be under threat by the white culture
solidarity- madood et al
found that religion was important in the life of ethnic minorities as a source of socialisation and maintaining traditional morality- conceptions of right and wrong. religion helps to hope with the arising difficulties and worries that arise from rascism in wider society that ethnic minorities may face
AO3 solidarity
postmodern- outdated, ethnicity is no longer a barrier and ethnic minorities may be able to feel solidarity with white people
social deprivation and marginality meaning
ems are more likely to feel a sense of marginalisation and being in the fringes of society as well as feeling status frustration. they may turn to religion as a source of identity and status that they believe they can’t achieve in mainstream society.
which ems are more likely to feel marginalised
- older asian women may feel marginalised as they have a poorer grasp of english
- pakistanis and bengali’s households more likely to be in the poorest third of britain which means they are both socially and materially deprived
social deprivation and marginality- marx
marx believes that religious acts as the opium of people providing them comfort from their ongoing poverty as they have a theordicy of provldoge which is the belief that salvation will be rewarded for their suffering on earth.
AO3- social deprivation and marginality
em religiousity may be more to do with class rather than ethnicity. many mcs are chinese who tend to be more religious, showing that a lack of money makes you less religious
religious socialisation explanation
asian families have much more tighter knit communities with strong extended families. this may result in pressure to conform to religious values as young people are socialised into them since birth as if they grow up in a religious household it’s more likely they will be religious
AO3 religious socialisation
davie- belonging with out believeing. religiousity may be a cultural expectation rather than a religious one
cultural transition and defence theorist
bruce
cultural transition explanation
religion can be used to ease a ethnic minority into a new culture or environment by providing support and a sense of solidarity within the community. african caribbean’s who migrated in the uk and use religion as a sense of solidarity and helped them ease into the uk
cultural transition example
pentecostalism is also known as ‘the religion of the oppressed. pentecostalism providing migrants from africa with a sense of shared norms and values that they could use to unite them and support them into easing their transition into the uk. done throu events t pentecostalist churches and the protestant ethic
AO3 cultural transition
after the group has made their transition into wider society they may not use religious as much. religion is not being used for the correct purpose
cultural defence explanation
religion offers support when groups are dealing with a hostile environment. religion is important with ems as it provides a sense of preserving and protecting one’s culture and language. when african caribbean’s came into the uk they were t actively accepted by the white churches. people them turned to pentecostalism and rastarfarnism as a means of protecting their religious values
