ethnicity and religosity

Question 1

who is the sociologist for solidarity

Answer 1

davie

Question 2

what levels of religiosity helps maintain tradition

Answer 2

higher levels

Question 3

what does higher levels of religiosity maintain

Answer 3

tradition
group cohesion
community solidarity

Question 4

where does she link aspects of ethnic identity with

Answer 4

art
marriage
cooking
diet
dress codes
language

Question 5

what does community centers as well as place of worship do

Answer 5

focus for social life as well as a means of protecting and promoting cultural values and traditions which may be
seen as under threat by the dominant white culture.

Question 6

what did mood et al find

Answer 6

religion was important in the lives of EM communities as a source of socialization, and as a means of maintaining traditional morality, such as conceptions of mutual
responsibility, trust, and right and wrong.

Question 7

what did it help cope with

Answer 7

worries, perhaps arising from the hostility
and discrimination arising from racism in the wider society that many from minority ethnic groups encounter.

Question 8

ao3 solidarity

Answer 8

Outdated – in postmodern society, ethnicity is not a barrier. People may choose to use religion for solidarity but there are many options. It’s possible for EMs to feel solidarity with other EMs and white people.

Question 9

what is social deprivation and marginality

Answer 9

Outdated – in postmodern society, ethnicity is not a barrier. People may choose to use religion for solidarity but there are many options. It’s possible for EMs to feel solidarity with other EMs and white people.

Question 10

why do people turn to religion

Answer 10

secure and solid source of identity, status and community, which they find lacking in mainstream society.

Question 11

how do older Asian women feel

Answer 11

marginalized in mainstream society, as they often have a poor grasp of English.

Question 12

are Pakistani and Bangladeshi households the poorest or richest

Answer 12

poorest
63 per cent of them were living in poverty in 2005—6.

Question 13

what do many Africans Caribbean’s face

Answer 13

higher levels of unemployment and racism

Question 14

Marx’s view of religion

Answer 14

‘opium of the people’ providing comforting diversion from attacking the causes of their poverty and the racism they encounter — might explain higher levels of religiosity.

Question 15

what may religion provide

Answer 15

theodicy of deprivilege’, as Weber suggested, and the compensators that Stark and Bainbridge identified.

Question 16

why might EMs be socially deprived

Question 17

what was found among african caribbeans

Answer 17

pentocastalism

Question 18

what was found among alientaed young black men

Answer 18

rastafarenism

Question 19

SOCIAL DEPRIVATION & MARGINALITY A03

Answer 19

EM religiosity may be more to do with class than ethnicity. Many EMs who are more religious tend to be lower class. Chinese tend to be more MC – less religious.

Question 20

what does religous socialisation state

Answer 20

Family structures are much tighter knit in Asian communities, with strong extended families.
This, combined with generally closer-knit communities, may result in pressure to conform to religious values and behaviour.

Question 21

religous socialisation A03

Answer 21

Perhaps EM religiosity is a cultural expectation than purely religious. Belonging without believing (Davie)

Question 22

who is ssociologist for cultral transition

Answer 22

bruce

Question 23

what does cultural transition say about religion

Answer 23

Religion can also be a means of easing the transition to a new culture by providing support and a sense of community for minority groups in their new environment.

Question 24

what does bruce see a simillar pattern with

Answer 24

Bruce sees a similar pattern in the history of immigration into the UK, where religion has provided a focal point for Irish, African Caribbean, Muslim, Hindu and other communities.

Question 25

what did ken pryce’s study show

Answer 25

Ken Pryce’s study of the African Caribbean community in Bristol shows both cultural defence and cultural transition have been important.

Question 26

what dies ken pryce argue

Answer 26

He argues that Pentecostalism is a highly adaptive ‘religion of the oppressed’ that provides migrants with values appropriate to the new world in which they found themselves Pentecostalism allowed African-Caribbeans to adapt to British society, playing a ‘Protestant ethic’ role in helping its members succeed by encouraging self-reliance and thrift. It gave people mutual support and hope of improving their situation

Question 27

cultural transition ao3

Answer 27

However, once a group – such as Irish Catholics, for example – has made the transition into the wider society, religion may lose its role and decline in importance.

Question 28

what did bruce argue for cultural defence

Answer 28

Bruce argues that religion offers support and a sense of cultural identity in an uncertain and hostile environment.

Question 29

what did bird note

Answer 29

religion among minorities can be a basis for community
solidarity, a means of preserving one’s culture and language, and a way with coping with oppression in a racist society.

Question 30

In the case of black African or Caribbean Christian what did they find

Answer 30

many found that white churches in the UK did not actively welcome them and some turned to founding or joining black led churches, especially Pentecostal churches.

Question 31

what did pryce find

Answer 31

Pryce found that Rastafarianism represented a different response for some African-Caribbeans radically rejecting the wider society as racist and exploitative, as opposed to those who join Pentecostal churches.

Question 32

cultural defence ao3

Answer 32

Postmodernists would argue there is little need for Cultural Defence in postmodern UK society. There is much evidence of integration and interfaith links. E.g. Interfaith conferences across the UK to build solidarity and social cohesion