Social Groups - Age (Old & Young) Flashcards

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Disengagement

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As you get older, you become detached from society and face a growing privatisation of life with increasing social isolation as partners and friends die.

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Religious Socialisation (Generational Effect)

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> As society becomes more secular, each new generation is less religious than before.

> More old people in church congregations because they grew up at a time when religion was more popular.

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Weak Religion (Bruce)

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> Watered down version of faith.

> Not a real religon.

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Ill Heath and Death (The Ageing Effect)

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> Older people tend to be faced with declining health, death looms on the horizon.

> Therefore, older people tend to be more religious for comfort, coping and meaning.

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Religion Is Unattractive To The Young

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Young people find services to be boring, repetitive, old-fashioned, full of old people and out of touch with the styles and attitudes of younger people.

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Christocentric

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This does reflect the experiences of young ethnic minorities in Britain today who tend to be more religious.

For example, young British Muslims tend to be highly religious.

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The Expanding Spiritual Marketplace

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> This involves the growing exposure and accessibility to a wide diversity of religious and spiritual ideas.

> This means there are now more sources for young people to draw on to build religious and spiritual beliefs.

> Young people are finding expression outside of traditional religions and religious organisations.

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Declining Religious Education (Bruce)

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The Church of England is struggling to recruit young people by socialising them into religious thinking through Church Sunday schools or religious education.

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Pragmatic Reasons

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> Young people have more demands on their time, they simply have more interesting and enjoyable things to do e.g. shops, clubs and pubs.

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Believing without Belonging

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When you are religious and do believe in a religion, but do not attend a place of worship.

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