Age and religious involvement

Question 1

Religious organisation - church

Answer 1

• it is more traditional and set so they want to have something to rely on as their life is coming to an end

Question 2

Voas and crockett

Answer 2

The ageing effect
- argue people become more religious as they age
- life experiences may encourage them to return to religion

generation effect - claim that within churches and denominations there is a progessive decline where each church is less religious than the previous one
- claim they are half as religious as their parents

• also claim this happens with sects and new age movements
  
  • younger people are less likely to be members of a cult as there is no link to God
  • younger people more likely to be involved with NAM as it provides fulfilment
• they may also detach from a cult if they were born into it as they do not agree with it

Question 3

gill

Answer 3

• claims that children no longer recieve religious socialisation at home or school which makes them less likely to attend church in later life