Secularisation Flashcards
Wilson
Western societies have went through a term of secularisation
Berger
Religious institutions have lost dominance
Parsons
Church has lost political power
Huxley
Medieval church is not respected
Acquavita
Decline of sacred industrial society
Martin
Reliability of previous research is very good
Demaroth and Hammond
Religion in social context
Hadden
Data around secularisation is incomplete
Berger and luckman
Scientists have undermined religion**
Bruce
One function of religion = cultural defence changed by British attitude surveys
Davie
Belief without belonging
Casanova
Differentiation is the key to modernity
Greely and Nelson
Growth of NRMS are proof of religious revival
Glock and bellah
Alternatives to scientific rationalism
Kepel
NRMS are reaction to modernity