traditional religious organisations - denominations

Question 1

organisational structure? denominations

Answer 1

Bureaucratic, hierarchical power structure but more democratic than churches

Question 2

attitude to wider society deno

Answer 2

World accommodating – conservative, accepts norms and values of society, concerned with morality

Question 3

commitment and memberhsip deno

Answer 3

Few restrictions on members – members can participate fully in society and practice religion

Question 4

social base deno

Answer 4

Members drawn from all social classes – members may have been disillusioned with churches

Question 5

attitudes to other religions deno

Answer 5

Accept other religions exist and see themselves as one denomination among many – do not claim a monopoly of truth

Question 6

key features of methodism

Answer 6

-not involved with the government or the state
-does not claim a monopoly of the truth, they accept they are one denomination amongst many
-World accommodating – accept the norms and values of wider society
-Social base includes all social classes

Question 7

why hv people joined methodist churches

Answer 7

-appealed more the working class and lower middle class
-less conservative than the Church of England and is not involved with the state
-stronger sense of moral guidance, e.g not allowed to drink alcohol or gamble