Secularisation

Question 1

Wilson

Answer 1

Western societies have been undergoing a long term process of secularisation

Question 2

Berger

Answer 2

Secularisation is the trend towards religious diversity

Question 3

Parsons

Answer 3

Norms and values are controlled by the church

Question 4

Huxley

Answer 4

Medieval church doesn’t respect ordinary people

Question 5

Acquavita

Answer 5

Influence of Christianity has declined over a wide range of society

Question 6

Martin

Answer 6

Religious statistics relating to the validity and reliability

Question 7

Demaroth and Hammond

Answer 7

People who go to church shouldnt be seen as very religious

Question 8

Hadden

Answer 8

In America, the belief in God has fluctuated

Question 9

Berger and Luckmann

Answer 9

The rational thinking of science has disproved religious claims

Question 10

Herberg

Answer 10

Rationalism is promoted in religious organisations undermining the supernatural

Question 11

Casanova

Answer 11

Structural differentiation is key to modernity as it includes separation of religion from state and economic activity

Question 12

Bruce

Answer 12

2 sources of religious pluralism

1. ethnicity and religious diversity
2. growths of nrms and sects

Question 13

Greely and Nelson

Answer 13

Growth of NRMs are proof of religious revival

Question 14

Glock and Bellah

Answer 14

People require personal meaning and fulfilment

Question 15

Kepel

Answer 15

NRMs are a reaction to the anomie of modernity

Question 16

Crockett

Answer 16

C19 was the golden age for religion

Question 17

Gill et all

Answer 17

National surveys said that theres been a decline in teachings of religion

Question 18

Woodhead and Heelas

Answer 18

Traditional churches are declining whilst New Age practices are increasing

Question 19

Hadaway

Answer 19

Opinion polls in Ohio people said that they go to church but they don’t

Question 20

Lynd and Lynd

Answer 20

Absolutism has eroded due to post mordernism

Question 21

Davie

Answer 21

Religion isn’t declining but taking a more privatised form

Question 22

Hervieu and Leger

Answer 22

People have cultural amnesia, religion isn’t being passed down

Question 23

Lyon

Answer 23

People are free to pick and mix with religions and faiths

Question 24

Stark and Bainbridge

Answer 24

People make rational choices based on costs and benefit= religious market theory

Question 25

Norris and Inglehart

Answer 25

Religion is a response to deprivation

Question 26

Gill and Lundegaarde

Answer 26

The more a country spends on welfare, the less religious they are

Question 27

Nanda

Answer 27

Growth of Hinduism is more fitting for middle class

Question 28

Giddens

Answer 28

Globalisation undermines traditional norms

Question 29

Bruce

Answer 29

Fundamentalists in the west have a different focus to those living in LEDCs