religon as an ideology

Question 1

monopoly of truth

Answer 1

see themselves as teh true representztive of God

Question 2

religon as a closed belief system

Answer 2

• monopoly of truth
• do not tolerate challange
• conservative
• inflexible
• resistent to social change
• caused secularisation

Question 3

religon as an open belief system

Answer 3

• adapt to social change in order to stay relevent
  Hernberg (1960):
  internal secularisation: dilution of core beliefs to stay relevent
• evidence: CofE pushed the vote for women bishops 2015 when they were loosing relevency

Question 4

Polyani (1958) - self- sustaining beliefs

Answer 4

denial of legitimacy + subsidary explanaitions - help avoid challange to a closed belief system

Question 5

denial of legitimacy

Answer 5

complete rejection of the basic principles of their rivals. aim to convince their folowers theyre the only possible answer

Question 6

subsidary explanaitiosn

Answer 6

deflect any argument which challanges their leader