Religions a force for change

Question 1

Origins of the labour party- who founded the methodist church?

Answer 1

John Wesley
wanted a church and was more in touch with the common man

Question 2

Origins of lab party- what did John Wesley believe?

Answer 2

‘Faith in action’ believed in teachings of the bible
Gave teachings in public to reach out to the w/c
-Church should promote social justice and not dominated ideology of the ruling class

Question 3

What are the origins of labour party?

Answer 3

John Wesley helped the methodist church get involved in trade unions turning into labour party

Question 4

Origins of the labour party- Halery?

Answer 4

Religion just altered instead of revolution

Question 5

What does Weber believe?

Answer 5

Ideas of authority:
Rational legal authority
Traditional hereditary
Charismatic

Question 6

Weber- Ideas of authority:
Rational legal authority?

Answer 6

Authority given to you by your position in society

Question 7

Weber- Ideas of authority:
Traditional hereditary?

Answer 7

Given authority without earning it e.g. pope

Question 8

Weber- Ideas of authority:
Charismatic?

Answer 8

Change as leaders can convive people

Question 9

Weber- What religion helped promote social change?

Answer 9

Calvinism
Encouraged hard working and god rearing character, where the poor worked even harder and rich reinvented profits

Question 10

Weber- what is predestination?

Answer 10

Already decided who would go to heaven
Uncertainty if predestination resulted in this
Protestant works they suffer for salvation panic

Question 11

Weber- When calvinists encourage a asceric life living frugally what did they mean?

Answer 11

Refraining from luxury
Wasting money isn’t good on things you don’t need

Question 12

Weber- How did Calvinism lead to capitalism?

Answer 12

Capitalism required economic candidates and right values for predominantly in Calvinism

Question 13

Weber- why hasn’t capitalism developed in China and India?

Answer 13

Met economic conditions but not the right values

Question 14

Weber- Robertson and Kautsky challenge?

Answer 14

Robertson- Weber attributed to Calvinism found in other religions
Kautsky- capitalism came before Calvinism as justification

Question 15

4 Calvinist beliefs?

Answer 15

Predestination
Divine Transcendence
Vocational calling
Asceticism?

Question 16

Argument against Weber- reason calvinist were linked to private capitalist business?

Answer 16

Calvinsim linked to capatalism not because calvinist believed predestination but because like other non conformist religions they were banned from professions?

Question 17

Argument for Weber- reason calvinist were linked to private capitalist business?

Answer 17

Not all followers of other non conformist religions became succsefull capatalism so it was there belif that made a difference

Question 18

Argument against Weber- Which came first capitalism or Protestantism?

Answer 18

The marxist Kautsky claimed that capitalism predated protestanis and therefore used to justify it

Question 19

Argument for Weber- Which came first capitalism or Protestantism?

Answer 19

Weber argued reinvestment and pursuit of profit
Key features of capitalism came after protestantism

Question 20

Argument against Weber- Where capitalism started?

Answer 20

Scotland, switzerland, Hungary and some parts of Netherlands were strong calvinist but were not amongst the first areas to become capitalist

Question 21

Argument for Weber- Where capitalism started?

Answer 21

Marshall argues that these countries lacked the economic conditions necessary for capitalism to develop

Question 22

Maguire- what makes religion conservative or radical, belief?

Answer 22

If the religion focuses its belif on the world rather than a concern with sacred spiritual matters its more likely to lead to change e.g. protestantism rather than budhhism

Question 23

Maguire- what makes religion conservative or radical, Culture?

Answer 23

If religion is an important part of culture in society its more likely to have power to chage e.g. religion has less power in UK

Question 24

Maguire- what makes religion conservative or radical, social location?

Answer 24

How far does religion have an influence on politics in a country where seperation of state and religion less liekly to be a force of change

Question 25

Maguire- what makes religion conservative or radical, internal organisation?

Answer 25

Religion with strong central sourced authority have more change this can be seen in case of NAM

Question 26

Calvinist- predestination?

Answer 26

Good predetermines which souls would be saved and which wouldn’t before birth. Weather individual go pilgramige or pray or give to the church decision can’t be changed

Question 27

Calvinist- Divine transcendence?

Answer 27

God so far above anything in the world no one can claim to know his will even the church
Predisposition led to inner loneliness along with salvation

Question 28

Calvinist- vocation calling?

Answer 28

Before Calvinism the ideo of vocation referred to renouncing everyday Life in a convent
World asceticism- the only thing they could read was the Bible

Question 29

Calvinist- Asceticism?

Answer 29

Idea of abstinence self discipline and Denise
Restraining from luxury and avoiding excess in order to devote themselves to god