Social Groups - Age Gender Ethnicity

Question 0

Is ethnic religiosity in decline according to Moodood. Give stat

Answer 0

Found high levels of religious belief among minority ethnic groups
Only 4% of Muslims said that religion was not important

Question 1

What are John birds 5 explanations for the high level of religiosity in some ethnic minority groups?

Answer 1

1. They originate from societies with high levels of religiosity
2. It can act as a basis for community solidarity.
3. Helps them cope with oppression
4. Through the process of socialisation
5. Maintaining cultural identity

Question 2

What does Ken pryce say about ethnicity and religiosity?

Answer 2

He studied Afro Caribbean’s in Bristol and saw that cultural defence was important factor. He saw that Pentecostalism provided them with values appropriate to their new surrounding society and it encouraged self reliance

Question 3

What does Davie argue about ethnicity and religiosity?

Answer 3

She suggests that higher levels of religiosity help to maintain tradition, group cohesion and community solidarity.
Mosques are community centres as well as places of worship

Question 4

What sociologists do you need to know for ethnicity and religion

Answer 4

Pryce
Moodood
Bird
Davie

Question 5

What 3 explanations offered by Crockett and Voas for low religiosity in the young?

Answer 5

People tend to be more religious when they get older
Those born in a particular period may be more religious
Due to secularisation

Question 6

What two factors do Hoffman and Miller see as why women are more religious than men?

Answer 6

1. Women are more religious as they are socialised into being more passive and caring. Religions value these meaning women are more likely to attracted to religion
2. Women are more likely to have a part time job meaning they have more time for religious activists

Question 7

What does Greeley say about the relation between gender and religiosity?

Answer 7

Taking care of family members increases women’s religiosity as it involves responsibility for their welfare as well as their own needs

Question 8

What does Davie say about the relation between women and religiosity

Answer 8

Women’s closer proximity to birth and death (through caring for the elderly) brings them closer to the true meanings of life’s questions

Question 9

Give the three types of deprivation stark and bainbridge gave to exemplify the the relayed between women and religiosity

Answer 9

Organismic deprivation
Ethical deprivation
Social deprivation

Question 10

What is ethical deprivation?

Answer 10

More morally conservative. World is in Moral decline

Question 11

What is organismic deprivation?

Answer 11

Physical and mental health problems

Question 12

What is social deprivation?

Answer 12

Women are more likely to be poor

Question 13

What does Callum brown argue is the reason of decline in women’s participation in religion

Answer 13

Women have rejected traditional gender roles

Question 14

What sociologists do you need to know for gender and religiosity

Answer 14

Miller and Hoffman
Davie
Greeley
Brown

Question 15

What two main explanations are there for age differences in religious participation according to Voas and Crockett

Answer 15

The ageing effect

The generational effect

Question 16

What does heelas say about age and religiosity

Answer 16

People become more interested in spirituality as they get older

Question 17

What is the generational effect according Voas and Crockett?

Answer 17

Each new generation is less religious due to secularisation.
Each generation is half as religious as their parents

Question 18

Give a stat for age and religiosity

Answer 18

30% of churchgoers are over 65

Question 19

What does Gill say about age and religiosity

Answer 19

Children are no longer receiving a religious socialisation and those not brought up on religious beliefs are less likely to become religious in later life

Question 20

What sociologists do you need to know for age and religiosity

Answer 20

Voas and Crockett
Gill
Heelas