Secularisation

Question 1

4 theories of secularisation

Answer 1

1. Religion has declined as we become more rational in our thinking WEBER AND BRUCE
2. Due to structural differentiation on the church PARSONS AND BRUCE
3. due to diversity of lifestyle and community WILSON AND BRUCE
4. Due to increasing religious diversity BERGER

Question 2

Who promotes the enchanted world view ?

Answer 2

Catholic

Question 3

What does protecism promote

Answer 3

Vocation and hard work, it was move away from calvinism

Question 4

People became disenchanted, what do we mean by this

Answer 4

They stopped believing in magic and mircales and focused instead on rationality and logic

Question 5

What world view have we developed according to bruce ?

Answer 5

Technological worldview

Question 6

Structural differentiation

Answer 6

Parsons - instituitions like the family are losing their functions

Bruce - he adapts parsons theory and applies it to religion, now religion is not used for the services it once provided but comfort

Question 7

Relgious plurasim

Answer 7

Society becoming multi faith , rise in relgious diversity

Therefore ..

People no longer feel constrained or controlled by the relgions into which they were born in