Week 9: Secularisation Flashcards
1
Q
What is the difference between the sacred and the profane?
A
The profane being ordinary elements of everyday life and the sacred, being the extraordinary.
Religion is concerned with the sacred – with things that surpass the limits of our knowledge
2
Q
Medieval times attributed to death, life, health to religion. What do we attribute religion to now?
A
Luck
Meaning to our lives
Community
3
Q
How did religion impact peoples lives?
A
building huge cathedrals
donate wages and goods
time to serve god
give offerings
4
Q
What is desecularisation?
A
The return of religion.
Religion seems to be more individualised, pluralised and commercialised, and there seems to be a rise of fundamentalism.
5
Q
What countries are mostly securlarisation?
A
Australia
Northern Europe
