Secularisation

Question 1

4 changes to religion in UK

Answer 1

1. A decline in proportion of population going to church
2. The average age of churchgoers increased
3. A decline in number of people who follow traditional beliefs
4. Greater diversity so people do not follow one belief system

Question 2

What is secularisation

Answer 2

Wilson - The process in which religious thinking, practice and institutions lose social significance

Question 3

How has Britain become secularized through modern church attendance, religious affiliations, religious beliefs, and religious institutions

Answer 3

1. Church attendance
2. Religious affiliations - 4/5 affiliate with denominations in past but today only 1/5 affiliate with group.
3. Religious beliefs - declining at same rate as church attendance
4. Religious Institutions- schools no longer run by religious organisations. Most clergy above 40 = fewer clergy expected for future= day to day influence of church has reduced

Question 4

Impact of industrialisation on small coumminities

Answer 4

Bruce sees religion keeping small communities together but since industrialisation, with social and geographical mobility, communities broken apart with more diverse characters coming into it that may hold a different belief that undermines religion.

Question 5

What is rationalisation and who defines it.

Answer 5

What: rational ways and thinking replace religious ones, in medieval times world seen as an enchanted garden where devils and angels present in day.
Who:Weber

Question 6

Church attendance rate

Answer 6

Wilson found that in 2015, only 5% of the adult population attended church on Sundays. Only 32% of weddings held in Churches

Question 7

“Bogus Baptisms”

Answer 7

Christian schools = better exam results

but ONLY accept christians therefore many young people get baptised as entry ticket to school.

Question 8

Bruce

Answer 8

Methodist church will fold by 2030 because secularisation has been on constant rise since 1960s

Question 9

Parsons- Structural differentiation

Answer 9

Church has lost its power and disconnected from society by no longer having a great influence on education, social welfare and the law.