Topic 4 - Class and Religion

Question 1

Sects

Answer 1

Mainly disillusioned lower class

Question 2

Cults

Answer 2

Cross Section: BUT:

BRUCE AND HEELAS
Mainly middle and upper class as need the money to be able to finance, plus world affirming, just looking after the spiritual in their otherwise very successful lives.

Question 3

Denominations

Answer 3

Lower Middle Class and Upper Working class.

Question 4

New Age

Answer 4

Heelas- Generally appeal to Middle Class as normally a cost involved ie Meditation, yoga.
BUT astrology and fortunes dominated by working class.

Question 5

Who is religious?

Answer 5

Theoretically the lower classes:
MARX- Opium of the poeple, but the upper class need too to assert hegemony.
WEBER- the marginalised - Theodicy of disprivellge.
MADRO- Lower class use to verthrow upper class - Liberation theology

Question 6

NRMS

Answer 6

Young middle class

Question 7

Church

Answer 7

ASHWORTH AND FARTHING-
Cross section of society, upper and middle classes are more represented, state dependent class had highest rate of non church goers. 

CofE- run by predominantly middle and upper class LEACH 80% Oxbridge.