Uk Securalisation Flashcards
Four changes to religion in UK since 1851.
Greater diversity, including more non Christian weddings.
A decline in number holding traditional Christian beliefs.
A decline in proportion of population going to church
Fewer baptism and church weddings.
How has uk become a secular society: church attendance
The English church census shows that attendances at large organizations such as Church of England and Catholic Church have declined more than small organisations, some of which are remaining stable or have grown.
What’s bogus baptism:
While infant baptisms have declijesX those of older children have increased in recent years.
How has uk become secular: religious affiliation today:
This refers to their membership of identification with a religion. Evidence indicates a continuing decline in number of people who are affiliated to a religion. Between 1983 and 2014 the % of adults with no religion rose from around a third to a half.
How how uk become secular:
Religious belief today:
Evidence about religious beliefs from 8p years of survey research shows that religious belief is declining in church attendance.
How has uk become a secular society: religious institutions today:
Influence has declined too as state has taken over many functions That church has used to perform. Where a religion once pervaded every aspect of life, it has increasingly been confined to private sphere of individual family.
Define rationalization:
Refers to the process by which rational ways of thinking and acting come to replace religious ones
What’s medieval catholic worldview?
Dominated Europe saw the world as enchanted or magical garden. God and other spiritual beings and foxes such as angels the devil and so on were believed to be present and active in world changing course of events through their supernatural powers.
What does Weber mean by the disenchantments of the world?
This meant that events were no longer to be explained as the work of unpredictable workings of natural force. All that was needed is rationality- the power of reason. Using sciences humans could discover the laws of nature, understand and predict how world works and control it through technology.
So it squeezes out magical and religious ways of thinking and starts of the rationalization process that leads to the dominance of rational mode of thoughts
What does Bruce mean by technological worldview?
Argues that the growth of technological irks view has largely replaced religious and supernatal explanations of why thi BF s happen.
Impact of scientific knowledge on people’s attitudes towards religion.
Bruce says that even if scientific explanation DONT challenge religion directly. They have reduced the scope for religious explanations, the worldview encourages people to take it less seriously.
Define structural differentiation.
A process of specialization that occurs with developments of industrial society.
Outline what is meant by disengagement.
According to parsons structural differentiation leads to disengagemtsn of religion. It’s function are transferred to other institutions such as the state and becomes disconnected from wider society eg church loses influxes it once had on education social welfare and law.
According to Bruce in what sense has religion become privatized?
Has become separated from wider society and lost many of its former functions it has become privatized - continue to private sphere of home and family.
How does decline in community leads to decline in religion?
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