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what is secularisation?
the process of religion declining
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how many churches have closed between 1970- 2002?
1650
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what does comte suggest?
modern society will be dominated by science and not by religion
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explain what durkheim found
he found that individualism undermines collective consciousness, this means a weakening of social solidarity
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what did Marx find?
secularisation is inevitable and religion is going to die as soon as capitalism is overthrown
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what did Weber find?
rationalism has taken away the meaning that religion gave to some peoples lives
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what are the 4 ways to measure whether or not secularisation takes place?
statistical, pluralism, disengagement and rationalism
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statistical: what is happening to church attendance?
it has fallen by 1 million in the last 20 years, and some church attendees may only go ad they are forced by family
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pluralism:what does this refer to?
refers to the diversity of religious organisations in society
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pluralism: why are churches not as powerful anymore?
due to the variety of religions
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disengagement : what is this?
this is when the church becomes separate from the state
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disengagement: what does Martin suggest?
church is declining power and influence, which therefore supports secularisation
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disengagement:what does Bruce suggest?
suggested traditional churches have lost their power due to becoming distant from the state
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disengagement: how does Parsons criticise disengagement?
parsons suggests disengagement has not taken place and religion has become specialised
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rationalism: what is this?
the growth of scientific thought and decline of religious explanations
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rationalism: what did Weber suggest?
modern society is disenchanted, due to the lack of magic and mystery
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rationalism:what did Weber say about when we turn to God?
we turn to god when scientific thought has been exhausted
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rationalism: what do post modernists suggest?
there is an increase of distrust in scientific logic
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rationalism: why is the there an increase of distrust for science?
there is an increasing awareness of failures in science such as environmental damage
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rationalism: what is a criticism of rationalism?
non rational activities are still practised such as palm reading
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conclusion: what do Glock and Stark conclude?
not enough time has been spent on defining religion
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