evidence againsit sec Flashcards
eurobarometer?
- found 37% believed in a God
33% believed in some sort of spirit or life force
what does HEELAS ET AL argue
-spirtual rev
and growing hollisitic liiley e.g new age, cults and scientology
-while theres sec theres been a process of ‘resacralisation’ which is renwal vitality of relg beliefs
-relg isnt disappearing but jsn re orientatated
what grps have high relg practice
- sikhs, hindus and muslims
what christian forms have strong relg practice
- pentecostalists and evangelical
what is evagelicism
- broad collection of chrstiians sharing fundamentalist beleif in bible and literal interpretation and follow strcitly
what is fundamentalism
- return to strict interpretation
-react to sec as a threat6
-many of these grps are againsit aboirtion, homos and sex b4 marriage
key features of dispatches in Gods name (evaneglical grp)
- believe bible is literally true
- take inspiration from new chr right
- campaign againsit homosexuality
-go around dep areas to convert ppl ‘ theory of dispriv’
-faith school - bristol teaching theory of creation rather than evolution
what is said about believing without belonging
-attending services doesn’t always mean belief in God
- may want to achieve respectability
-decline in church attendance not always decline in belief but the social pressure to attended
what is believing without belonging also knows as
fuzzy fidelity
what does BELLAH say
decline in church attendance = searching a more personal religious exp
what does DAVIE say
- people becoming unchurched “belief w/o belonging”
what does VOAS AND CROKETT
-fuzzy fidelity
-religion is accessible via mass media -TV and sermons etc
-religion on the go(post mod) to contemp society
- VOAS AND C= found both belonging and believing is falling.
evaluation believing without belonging
- increased in membership of some grps
-such as pentecostal and some christian denominations - NRMS, new age , cults
-ppl still use religion ceremonies e.g church weddings, ceremonies
-90% of funerals have relg ceremony
the institutional power of churches
-church of england is official
-king or queen a member
- catholic church is largest denomination in the world and has infulence over spain, poland, ireland
the community benefits of religious institutions
-mosques, temples , synagogues focus on social cultural life
- relg leaders in ethnic m’ s often have high status and liase w gov
- muslim communities and shariah law increasing
- food banks, excercise class, clothes bank for kids
- support grps for asylums
