Luckmann

Question 1

Luckmann- Explain the decline of church-oriented religion in the country

Answer 1

The decline is due to industrialisation and the effect of the media

Question 2

Luckmann- Describe the relationship between employment and religiosity

Answer 2

The degree of involvement in the workplace of modern industrial society correlates negatively with the involvement of church-oriented religion

Question 3

Luckmann- Why is religiosity different in Catholic and Protestant countries?

Answer 3

Industrialisation affects the two to different degrees

Question 4

Luckmann- Why is it difficult to compare religiosity in Europe and the US?

Answer 4

Because the variety of religious expression in the US hasn’t been explored; the exploration that has been done is bias in favour of the Positive philosophy; the US has a unique religious history

Question 5

Luckmann - What does Luckmann say about the secularisation theory?

Answer 5

Defends it by stating that church-oriented religions are marginalised in modern society, but criticises it by suggesting that because of differentiation within different religious groups, there cannot be one objective theory

Question 6

Luckmann- Describe the trend between religiosity and location

Answer 6

Luckmann stated that cities were more religious than the country, but the country is showing a decrease in church-oriented religion