Religion and social groups
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- Created on: 02-04-18 17:43
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- Religion and Social groups
- Age
- In the 2011 census 22% of Christians in England and Wales were over 65.
- only 3.9 of Muslims were over 65.
- People who said they had no religion teneded to be younger
- Middle aged groups are most likely to be involved in World affirming movements
- Sects and cult are more likely to appeal to young adults
- Gender
- Women are more likely to attend church
- Women are the primary care giver
- Women live longer so are more likely to get lonely and attend church
- Beauvoir - women are more likely to be portayed closer to god in religious imagery
- Holm - religions both exploit and subordinate women
- Women participate in sect more
- Women are more likely to attend church
- Ethnicity
- Religion maintains a sense of community amongst ethnic minority groups
- Davie - identifying with an organisation gives a sense of belonging
- Madood et al - many muslim girls feel liberated by wearing headscarfs
- Bruce - Cultural tansition
- Religiosity is the level of a persons connection to all aspects of religion
- Class
- Middle class is disproportionality Anglican and Quaker
- 62% of regular church goers are middle class
- Church is an opportunity for social networking
- Bruce - cults are primarily middle class
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