Fundamentalism
- Created by: Katie-Louise Griffin
- Created on: 11-01-15 13:31
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- Fundamentalism
- Bruce
- Response to decline in Religion
- Form of cultural defence
- Confined to Monothetic religions
- Globalisation threatens belief and lifestyle
- West
- Reaction to change in society
- New Christian Righ USA
- Third World
- Reaction to change from the outside
- Islamic Revolution
- Noris and Inglehart
- Existential security theory
- Religion declining in Western socities
- Less risk and life threatening events
- Low income groups feel less secure
- More at risk of life threatening events
- Explains religiosity in Third World
- Secularisation in West
- Explains religiosity in Third World
- More at risk of life threatening events
- Davey
- Show highest level of Religious commitment
- Greeley
- Shows re-sacrilisation
- Religious revival world wide
- Shows re-sacrilisation
- Form of religious belief and practice
- Return back to tradition
- Literal truth of scriptures
- Decline in religious belief leads to Social problems
- Return back to tradition
- Return to certainity
- Certainty of beliefs and values
- Return to Community
- Life in past was more community based
- Anonymity where there is a lack of connection to others
- Sanctification of the political
- Religion heart of society
- Religious beliefs influence political decisions
- High level of commitment
- Demand high level of commitment more than other Religions
- Giddens
- Product and reaction to globalisation
- Undermines traditional society norms and values
- Product and reaction to globalisation
- Critisims
- Beckford
- Fixated on Fundamentalism
- Ignore other developments
- Giddens lumps all types together
- Ignores that reinventing tradition is also a modern reflective activity
- Fixated on Fundamentalism
- Haynes
- Should not focus on Isalmic Fundamentalism
- Middle East conflict caused by faliure of local elites
- Should not focus on Isalmic Fundamentalism
- Beckford
- Bruce
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