Paper 2 Key Titles For Beliefs Flashcards
What are the 6 functions for gender and religiosity?
1) socialisation: millet and hoffman (1995)
2) nurturing and motherhood: Bruce (1996)
3) closer to ultimate Qs: davie (1994)
4) life expectancy
5) compensation for deprivation: glock and stark (1969)
6) the pentecostal gender paradox- STRETCH
How many trends are there for gender and religiosity?
2
What are the 5 functions for ethnicity and religiosity?
1) solidarity - davie
2) social deprivation and marginality
3) religious socialisation
4) cultural defence - bruce
5) cultural transition
What are the 3 functions for age and religiosity?
1) disengagement
2) religious socialisation (generational effect)
3) ill health and death
What are 7 functions for why are younger people less religious?
1) religion is unattractive to the young
2) the expanding of spiritual marketplace - lynch
3) declining religious education - bruce
4) cultural amnesia
5) sexuality
6) disability
7) region
What 4 other factors can play in the part of why younger people are less religious?
1) class
2) age
3) ethnicity
4) gender
What are the 4 functions for functionalism?
1) religion unties people - Durkheim
2) religion answers ultimate Qs - parsons
3) religion provides comfort - malinowski
4) religion integrates society - bellah
What are the 3 functions for marxism?
1) religion provides comfort - marx
2) religion maintains capitalism - marx/lenin
3) religion legitimates the hierarchy
What are the 4 functions for radical feminism?
1) religion legitimates the gender hierarchy - de beauvoir and sacred texts
2) religion maintains the patriarchy
3) religion segregates the sexes - holm place of worship
4) religion is an instrument of male domination - laws and customs
What are the 4 functions for liberal feminism?
1) culture oppresses women not religion
2) religious organisations don’t maintain patriarchy
3) religious forms of feminism - woodhead
4) religion empowers women
