religion&beliefs- secularisation- FOR 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyReligion and beliefsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: lilyodellCreated on: 20-03-19 11:13 what is secularisation? the process of religion declining 1 of 21 how many churches have closed between 1970- 2002? 1650 2 of 21 what does comte suggest? modern society will be dominated by science and not by religion 3 of 21 explain what durkheim found he found that individualism undermines collective consciousness, this means a weakening of social solidarity 4 of 21 what did Marx find? secularisation is inevitable and religion is going to die as soon as capitalism is overthrown 5 of 21 what did Weber find? rationalism has taken away the meaning that religion gave to some peoples lives 6 of 21 what are the 4 ways to measure whether or not secularisation takes place? statistical, pluralism, disengagement and rationalism 7 of 21 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 8 of 21 pluralism:what does this refer to? refers to the diversity of religious organisations in society 9 of 21 pluralism: why are churches not as powerful anymore? due to the variety of religions 10 of 21 disengagement : what is this? this is when the church becomes separate from the state 11 of 21 disengagement: what does Martin suggest? church is declining power and influence, which therefore supports secularisation 12 of 21 disengagement:what does Bruce suggest? suggested traditional churches have lost their power due to becoming distant from the state 13 of 21 disengagement: how does Parsons criticise disengagement? parsons suggests disengagement has not taken place and religion has become specialised 14 of 21 rationalism: what is this? the growth of scientific thought and decline of religious explanations 15 of 21 rationalism: what did Weber suggest? modern society is disenchanted, due to the lack of magic and mystery 16 of 21 rationalism:what did Weber say about when we turn to God? we turn to god when scientific thought has been exhausted 17 of 21 rationalism: what do post modernists suggest? there is an increase of distrust in scientific logic 18 of 21 rationalism: why is the there an increase of distrust for science? there is an increasing awareness of failures in science such as environmental damage 19 of 21 rationalism: what is a criticism of rationalism? non rational activities are still practised such as palm reading 20 of 21 conclusion: what do Glock and Stark conclude? not enough time has been spent on defining religion 21 of 21
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