Religion faith and belief

Question 1

Smart (1998)

Answer 1

Offers an understanding of religion as consisting of different dimensions:

1) practical and ritual—

Question 2

Paul Tillich 1976

Answer 2

Argued that religious beliefs are beliefs that concern an individual in a fundamental way and linked religious belief to ultimate concerns

Question 3

troelstch 2009

Answer 3

Defined the difference between church and sect and suggested that sects are dynamically opposed to churches

Question 4

Wallis 1984

Answer 4

Classified NRMa in 3 different ways to explain and understand difference between them :

1) world rejecting —

Question 5

Heelas 1996

Answer 5

Studied the new age movement and concluded that it’s an “alternative counter cultural movement” and a “spirituality of our times”

A key feature is to challenge traditional views of mainstream society.

Question 6

Bruce 2008

Answer 6

Argues growth of fundamentalism often occurs amongst “members of particular social strata that feel threatened dispossessed or relatively deprived by modernisation