Topic 5

Question 1

Secularisation thesis

Answer 1

Claim religion is declining in importance

Question 2

Wilson defines secularisation as

Answer 2

The process whereby religious thinking, practice and institutions lose social significance

Question 3

Religious thinking

Answer 3

Refers to influence of religion on peoples beliefs and values such as importance of religion in their lives

Question 4

Religious practice

Answer 4

Refers to things people do to carry out their religious commitment

Question 5

Religious institutions

Answer 5

Refers to extent to which religious institutions have maintained their social influence in wider society

Question 6

Globalisation

Answer 6

Growing interconnectedness of d societies around the world with the spread of the same culture, consumer goods and economic interest across the globe

Question 7

Deterritorialisation

Answer 7

The blurring or severance of social, political or cultural practices like religion from their original places and populations