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Three social factors that impact how people react with religion include

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The cultural factor of consumerism

The political philosophy of secularism

The people that inspire , motivate , and direct family ubringing

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What is a social factor

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Social factors are the ways that people and groups relate to each other in society

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Social factors

These factors affect

and in turn

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human behaviour influence peoples lives

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Explain how political philosophies could impact people’s interaction with religion

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Political philosophies like communism and liberalism will greatly affect a person’s ability to interact with a religion. On one hand in a liberal democracy individuals are free to practice and follow any religion they would like without the fear of persecution. But in communist societies people are pressured and threatened not to follow many religions just ones maybe supported by the government.

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What is a religion

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A religion is a particular system of beliefs , values , rituals and worship shared by a number of people

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Religions have

ethical

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ethical codes and communal practices

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Interactions with religion

Each religion offers a way of life that seeks to

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provide people with meaning and purpose in life

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Interactions with religion

How people respond and interact with religion

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varies throughout life

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Interactions with religion

A variety of factors influence how a person throughout life interacts with religion . Such factors include

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experiences with family , the context of a person’s life

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Worldview

What is the definition of worldview

the notion that

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the notion that each person interprets the world around them based on their knowledge of society and their personal point of view.

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Worldview

Individuals worldview is influenced by their

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assumptions about life and belief

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Worldview

A worldview is the basis for

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how an individual lives

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How do experiences in a family as a child could both facilitate and hinder how a person interacts with religion

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Experiences in a family as a child with religion can be positive and negative. A child who was brought up in a religious family who undertook many religious experiences like prayer, going to mass regularly attending a Catholic school will most probably see religion in a positive light.

Children brought up in an athesitic family or the opposite will most likely see religion in a more negative light

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Political factor of communism

The Chinese government places restrictions on

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Buddhism in Tibet

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Political factor of communism

Strict controls on the practice

of

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religion among Uighur muslims and on religious groups that are not registered by the government

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Poltical factor of communism

Numerous cases of

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imprisonment , beatings and torture of members of these religious groups by Chinese authorities

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Family ubringing

A warm

affirming

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relationship pattern was most likely to result in the successful transmission of religion.

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Family ubringing

Children responded best to parents who were

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unconditionally supportive and did not force their beliefs or practices onto their children

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Family ubringing

A consistently

close

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relationship with parents creates continuity in their faith across generations

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Family ubringing

By contrast the three other parenting styles appeared to

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decrease the likelihood of religious transmission

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Family ubringing

What is socialisation

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Socialisation is the process , beginning during childhood , by which individuals acquire the values , habits and attitudes through social experiences

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Family ubringing

Teenagers with seriously religious parents are likely to have been trained

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in their lives to think , feel , believe and act as serious religious believers.

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Family ubringing

This training of teenagers by their parents

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“sticks” with them even when they leave home and enter emerging adulthood

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Family ubringing

These teenagers have internalized

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their parent’s religious worldviews

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Family ubringing

Of parents who report that their faith is extremely important in their daily lives

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67% of teens report a similar opinion

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Family ubringing

The single most important social influence on the religious and spiritual lives of adolescents is their

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parents

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Secularism

What is it ?

over another

commitment

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Secularism entails a commitment to neutrality on behalf of the state towards religion

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Secularism

The government should neither

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favour , disfavour , promote nor discourage any particular religious belief and viewpoint over another

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Secularism

Typically understood as meaning a commitment to

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upholding seperation of the church and state

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Secularism

Government should not

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discriminate nor typically have a state religion

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Secularism

The secular system of government in these countries proposes that people should be

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free to choose whatever religion thet want to adhere to or choose to have no religion

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Secularism

Soft secularism What is it ?

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Soft secularism asserts the right to be free from religious rule and the right to freedom from governmental imposition of religion upon the people.

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Soft secularism

However soft secular systems of governance allow

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the involvement of religions in service

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Soft secularism

For example religious schools and hospitals in Australia

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are partially funded by the state

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Hard secularism

Definition

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Hard secularism can be defined as that the state should have no formal interaction with religions. Religions should be excluded from all political matters and from aiding government services e.g. schools

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Hard secularism

Religion can still be

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freely practiced

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Secularism in Australia

4 things the Australian government is prohibited from doing in relation to religion

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  1. Prohibited from making laws for establishing a state religion
  2. prohibited from imposing any religious observance
  3. prohibited from making laws against the free exercise of any religion
  4. prohibited from imposing any religious test to qualify for a public office
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Secularism in France

Define what is meant by the French term “Laicite”

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Understood as a formal seperation of the state from Church. It involves the complete removal of religious values from the public sphere and their replacement with secular values such as liberty , equality , and fraternity

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Secularism in France

French state employees are prohibited from showing

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any religious symbols or garments

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Secularism in france

Explain the idea that hard secularism restricts people’s religious freedom

a law passed

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a law passed in March 2004 “prohibits all clothing displaying religious worship” to be worn in schools reffered to as the headscarf ban

This particulary targets muslim people restricting them from wearing their headscarfs which is imperative to their religion.

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Secularism’s impact upon people’s interaction with religion

How does secularism support people’s interaction with religion

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Secularism provides people with the freedom to practice religion , and promote religious ideas. In Australia people can change religion or choose to follow none.

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Secularism’s impact upon people’s interaction with religion

Religious institutions such as

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schools are financially supported by the government , having a greater presence in society then if all the funding was only financed by religions.

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Secularism’s impact upon people’s interaction with religion

Some schools would not

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be able to exist without the high level of government funding

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Secularism’s impact upon people’s interaction with religion

Around

what percent of school aged children

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20% of school aged children attend religious schools and would probably not have the experience of relgiion otherwise.

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Secularism can hinder people’s interaction with religion

Due to the toleration

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it provides for ideas that are antithetical to religion

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Secularism can hinder people’s interaction with religion

Ideologies such as

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atheism , consumerism , individualism are promoted in Australian soceity

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Secularism can hinder people’s interaction with religion

These ideas are

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opposed to the teachings of the Catholic Church

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Secularism can hinder people’s interaction with religion

Hard secularists believe that religions should

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not contribute to public discussions and have no influence on debates or government policy.

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Secularism can hinder people’s interaction with religion

The French policy of Laicite supports that religion

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should be practiced in secret by believers with no form of worship to be shown in public.

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The cultural factor of consumerism

Define the cultural factor of consumerism

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Consumerism can be defined as an economic and social ideology and order that encourages consumption or acquisition of goods and services in a never ending cycle

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The cultural factor of consumerism

3 disadvantages of consumerism

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  1. Wasteful: People are buying new verisions of the same things repeatedly creating an abundance of weight
  2. Creates class barriers: creating a divide between those who can afford nice things and those who cannot
  3. Negative impact on the environment: natural resources affected due to overproduction. Pollution produced.
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The cultural factor of consumerism

3 advantages of consumerism

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  1. Creates jobs: new product and service demands through consumerism requires more workers
  2. Ensures quality: companies will try and make high quality goods at lower prices to stay competitive
  3. Encourages innovations: if your company does well you will want to expand , expanding means innovation and funds to acheive new and bigger goals
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How Consumerism hinders people’s interaction with religion

People are now more interested in religious

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‘products’ and ‘techniques’ rather than pursuing the deeper meaning and truth of Christianity

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How Consumerism hinders people’s interaction with religion

For example Christmas , Pope Francis critisizes

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Christmas must not be reduced to a consumerist

(full of gifts and good wishes but poor in Christian faith and poor in humanity as well ) ,

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How Consumerism hinders people’s interaction with religion

We are in great need of

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tenderness , we are in great need of human touch. Pandemic has forced us to be more distant.

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