Arguments against secularisation
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- Arguments against secularisation
- Durkheim
- Believed every society needed a sacred element , there would be renewed interest in religion.
- NRMs could be interpreted as the renewed interest in religion , however some cults and sects have little spiritual beliefs.
- Stark and Brainbridge
- All of the worlds major religions started out as sects.
- Bellah
- There has simply been an increase in private worship.
- Post-modernism
- Nowadays we have the freedom to choose what we believe and how we engage in religious activities.
- We no longer have to follow traditional forms of belief and participation.
- Durkheim
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