Social Groups - Age Gender Ethnicity Flashcards
Is ethnic religiosity in decline according to Moodood. Give stat
Found high levels of religious belief among minority ethnic groups
Only 4% of Muslims said that religion was not important
What are John birds 5 explanations for the high level of religiosity in some ethnic minority groups?
- They originate from societies with high levels of religiosity
- It can act as a basis for community solidarity.
- Helps them cope with oppression
- Through the process of socialisation
- Maintaining cultural identity
What does Ken pryce say about ethnicity and religiosity?
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
What does Davie argue about ethnicity and religiosity?
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
What sociologists do you need to know for ethnicity and religion
Pryce
Moodood
Bird
Davie
What 3 explanations offered by Crockett and Voas for low religiosity in the young?
People tend to be more religious when they get older
Those born in a particular period may be more religious
Due to secularisation
What two factors do Hoffman and Miller see as why women are more religious than men?
- 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
- Women are more likely to have a part time job meaning they have more time for religious activists
What does Greeley say about the relation between gender and religiosity?
Taking care of family members increases women’s religiosity as it involves responsibility for their welfare as well as their own needs
What does Davie say about the relation between women and religiosity
Women’s closer proximity to birth and death (through caring for the elderly) brings them closer to the true meanings of life’s questions
Give the three types of deprivation stark and bainbridge gave to exemplify the the relayed between women and religiosity
Organismic deprivation
Ethical deprivation
Social deprivation
What is ethical deprivation?
More morally conservative. World is in Moral decline
What is organismic deprivation?
Physical and mental health problems
What is social deprivation?
Women are more likely to be poor
What does Callum brown argue is the reason of decline in women’s participation in religion
Women have rejected traditional gender roles
What sociologists do you need to know for gender and religiosity
Miller and Hoffman
Davie
Greeley
Brown
What two main explanations are there for age differences in religious participation according to Voas and Crockett
The ageing effect
The generational effect
What does heelas say about age and religiosity
People become more interested in spirituality as they get older
What is the generational effect according Voas and Crockett?
Each new generation is less religious due to secularisation.
Each generation is half as religious as their parents
Give a stat for age and religiosity
30% of churchgoers are over 65
What does Gill say about age and religiosity
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
What sociologists do you need to know for age and religiosity
Voas and Crockett
Gill
Heelas
