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
Crockett
19th century was golden age of religiosity
Gill et al
Surveys show a decline in faith
Weber
Rationalisation in the West
Heelas and woodhead
Traditional religion is declining and being replaced by new age spirituality
Hadaway
Ohio attendance rates was higher than what was thought
Lynd and Lynd
1924: 94% of church goers saw Christianity as only religion
1977: Only 41% agreed
Hervieu- leger
Belief without belonging
Lyon
Argues that postmodernism society have features which are changing the nature of society
Stark and bainbridge
Criticise secularisation
Norris and inglehart
Rejects religious market theory
Nanda
Increasing religiosity in middle class is due to new found wealth
Giddens
Fundamentalism
Huntington
Conflicts
Jackson
Sees Huntington’s work as an example of orientslism
