BIS- secularisation topic 3

Question 1

what percentage of the uk was Christian in 2011?

Answer 1

60%

Question 2

what percentage was the uk christian in 2021?

Answer 2

46% (lowest its ever been)

Question 3

in 2022 what percentage of the uk go to church regularly?

Answer 3

6%

Question 4

what are the 3 B’s of secularisation?

Answer 4

Beliefs Behaviour Belonging

Question 5

church attendance- what was the age range

Answer 5

1/3 those attending was over 70

Question 6

what’s affected church attendance in recent years?

Answer 6

covid - rise of ‘church at home’
privatisation of religion

Question 7

what is ‘bogus baptism’ ?

Answer 7

parents baptise children to get into better performing schools (faith schools)

Question 8

factor 2: behaviour religious institutions
what did the state do to church?

Answer 8

state took over the roles of the church.
Church once heighest authority controlled healthcare,education, laws ect.

Question 9

F2 how many bishops sat in the House of Lords and what changed?

Answer 9

26 bishops automatically became members of House of Lords. Meant religious interference occurred in law making. This declined significantly since the 19th century.

Question 10

F2 what’s happened to the clergy?

Answer 10

=clergy footmen of the church.
their numbers have decreased over the years not parallel with population growth.

Question 11

F3 religious affiliation today (belonging)
how many adults were atheist in 2001 camped to 2021?

Answer 11

2001- 15% no religion
2021- 37.5% no religion

Question 12

factor 3 religious statistics:

Answer 12

those identifying as christian fell by 1/3
Anglicans (Church of England) more than halved
Catholics increased slightly
islam + other non-christians also increased due to globalisation

Question 13

what does religious affliction mean

Answer 13

refers to their membership of a religion or identification with a religion.

Question 14

F4: religious belief today explain:

Answer 14

more people claim to hold christian belief than attendance in church.
religious belief is falling in line with attendance

Question 15

what does rationalisation mean?

Answer 15

the process by which rational ways of thinking + acting replace religious ones.
- scientific rationalism has replaced religion as way of explaining the world.

Question 16

what is empiricism in relation to religion

Answer 16

experience is derived from senses. bases of religion is inaccessible to our sense perception which they believe is our only source of knowledge.

Question 17

what’s the age on enlightenment?

Answer 17

period in the 18th century Europe when many began to question established beliefs like religion. this created an anti-church radicalism

Question 18

which sociologist is important for the work of rationalism?

Answer 18

Marx Weber

Question 19

Weber: what did protestants say about disenchantment

Answer 19

P: saw God as nothing more than a creator who doesn’t intervene in worldly affairs.
events would be explained as the working of nature + to be understood by scientific rationalism + thus replacing religion, creating disenchantment

Question 20

E2: what sociologist talks about the technological worldview?

Answer 20

Bruce

Question 21

what’s the technological worldview? Bruce

Answer 21

the prolific use of technology is used to explain why things happen rather than religious explanation.
- no longer believe its Gods will + look for evidence.
-religion views are mainly dominant when technology is least effective.