Stark Flashcards

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Stark - What does he say about numbers of religious people?

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Stark says that the number of religious people in Europe has not declined since the 1700s, when the decline was said to have started

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Stark - Describe the difference between rulers and the masses

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Stark says that only the rulers were made religious, rather than the masses, which created a level of religious ambivalence - many people in PWEC countries were not as religious as we presumed

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Stark - Explain Stark’s religious subjectivity

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Stark said that many people still had subjective religious beliefs such as in magic or the supernatural, rather than church-based religiosity

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Stark - What did Stark say about science and religion?

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Stark notes that 41% of scientists were religious, which rebuts the theory of the positive philosophy and modernity affecting secularisation

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Stark - Why did the Christianisation of Europe fail?

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Religion was difficult to spread to the masses, who didn’t have access to literature or accommodating churches, therefore there was very little commitment to Christianity

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Stark - What did Stark say about secularisation?

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He said that it cannot be claimed, as there has never been an absolute religious dismissal by the transition into modernity

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