evidence of sec

Question 1

what did eurobarometer show

Answer 1

-37% believed there was a God
- comapred to 60-70% in 1980s

Question 2

other evidence for sec

Answer 2

• people no longer disappriving sex b4 marriage , contra,abortion

Question 3

what did iposos mori poll find

Answer 3

• one third of christianrs could identify matthew as the first book of the new testament

Question 4

how do post mods explain sec

Answer 4

• fragmentation of beliefs
• people now have variety to choose frm
  -meta narratives like traditonal relg have lost power ab how people interpret the world

Question 5

how does science exp sec

Answer 5

• WEBER= disenchantment = magical and mystical elements lost
  -BRUCE = scientfic ideas have exp relg ones e.g understandign the world
• COMTE= bekeifs have moved through the stages now based on evidence and reason

Question 6

how to eval the evidence

Answer 6

• still see science and relg co exist e.g gould says theyre comaptibale
• not all relg have declined e.g growth in islam and growth in fundamnetalism

Question 7

evidence of decline in relg practice

Answer 7

-46.2% said they were christian down from 59% in 2011
-increase in those saying they have no relg
-decline on those attending services
-ATTITUDESURVEY= 56% attend services once a yr or never

Question 8

term for those who only attend church for events like christmas

Answer 8

• fuzzy faithful anf fuzzy fidelity

Question 9

whats shown ab marriages, baptims and sunday schl

Answer 9

-only a third of marriages have relgiious ceremony
- fewer than one fith babeies baptised
-attenence to sunday schl on decline

Question 10

eval evidence for decline in relg practice

Answer 10

-pentecostalism is gorwing tho by attracting young ppl due to the less formal worhsip and hillsong adapted to online stream

-davie says people can still believe without belonging

-voas and crokett say beleiivng and belonging is still falling at the same rate