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Secularisation Studies Flashcards

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Wilson

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Religion is decreasing in significance

Religion is detrimental to itself

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Berger

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Co-existence - religion is valid for explaining deeper things

Reversal of ideological dominance

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Parsons

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Structural differentiation

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Huxley

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Medieval anti-clericalism

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Acquavita

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Many societies are also becoming secular

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Martin

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Can’t infer strength of belief from statistics

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Demaroth and Hammond

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Churchgoing doesn’t always mean strong personal faith

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Hadden

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94% of Americans believe in God and this has not wavered for over 40 years

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Berger and Luckmann

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Science is replacing religion

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Herberg

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Churches are less religious now

Rationalism undermines the supernatural

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Casanova

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Secularisation is the separation of the church from the state/economy

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Bruce

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Religious pluralism sources:

Cultural transition and defence

Sects and NRMs (last ditch attempts at religion)

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Greely and Nelson

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NRMs are evidence of religious revival

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Glock and Bellah

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People are seeking alternatives to rationalism

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Kepel

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NRMs needed for community in fractured modern society

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Crockett

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C19th - Golden Age of religiosity

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Gill et al

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National Surveys show decline in faith in God and teachings about the afterlife

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Woodhead and Heelas

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New Age movements appeal to personal experience rather than set teachings

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Hadaway

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Ohio - church attendance claims 83% higher than real attendance

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Lynd and Lynd

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Absolutism is fading because of postmodernism and detraditionalisation

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Davie

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Believing without belonging

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Hervieu-Leger

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Cultural amnesia and spiritual shopping

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Lyon

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People still looking to re-enchant the world even though religion is de-institutionalised

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Stark and Bainbridge

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Religious market - pluralism means religion is still strong

Supernatural compensation

Religion goes through cycles of revival

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Norris and Inglehart

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Existential (in)security

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Gill and Lundegaard

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More welfare spending = more secular nation

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Nanda

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Hindu ultra-nationalism in India - worship of India and worship ofHindu gods is the same

Hindu popular with the middle class as it legitimises their wealth

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Giddens

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Fundamentalism is growing in response to globalisation

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Bruce

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Fundamentalism in LED countries is a reaction to outside - cultural defence

30
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Huntington

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Clash is civilisations - religious identities more important than nation states

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