Globalisation and religion

Question 1

Religious Market theory

Answer 1

-People are naturally religious and its human nature to seek rewards and avoid costs
Therefore they argue that there will always be a demand for religion

Question 2

Stark & Bainbridge

Answer 2

Churches operate like companies selling goods in a market. They believe that increased choice and diversity leads to increased competition

Question 3

Existential security theory

Answer 3

Norris and Inglehart
-Demand for religion varies both within and between societies
-Demand is greatest from low-income groups because they feel less secure and are more at risk from life threatening events

Question 4

Where does religion stay the strongest

Answer 4

Ethnic countries in the UK

Question 5

Globalisation

Answer 5

Growing interconnectedness of societies across the world

Question 6

Consequences of globalisation

Answer 6

-Resistance to cultural imperialism
-Focus of resistance to modernisation
-Culture wars between and within religions
-Growing separation of religious ideas from national locations
-Religion as a cultural defence

Question 7

What do fundamentalists believe

Answer 7

That there is only 1 true view of the world, which is revealed in a sacred text

Question 8

Bruce

Answer 8

Rational means of defending traditional Islamic beliefs