Postmodernism

Question 1

What is Spiritual Health Service and who talks about it?

Answer 1

In Europe, major national churches are seen as public utility like the NHS
- Davie

Question 2

What is Believing without Belonging and who talks about it?

Answer 2

Religion is taking a different, more privatised form and people can believe without attending Church
- Davie

Question 3

What does Lyon talk about and what is an example of it?

Answer 3

Disembedding
- religion being taken out of original local contexts eg. televangelism (from churches to the internet)

Question 4

What is Spiritual Shopping and who talks about it?

Answer 4

The idea that consumerism is replacing religion and there is no more collective identity from religion
- Leger

Question 5

What is Pick n Mix religion and who talks about it?

Answer 5

Choosing elements of different religions and puts them into your overall identity
- Leger

Question 6

What do Norris & Inglehart talk about?

Answer 6

Existential Security Theory
- variation in religiosity between societies due to differing degrees of existential security (religion remains a key part in societies with a lack of economic security)

Question 7

What do Stark & Bainbridge talk about?

Answer 7

Religious Market Theory
- there is a cycle of decline, revival and renewal in religion