For Secularisation

Question 1

What does the British Attitudes Survey suggest about religion?

Answer 1

Less than 50% of the country are religious

Question 2

What did Weber say?

Answer 2

Increase in rational thought because of the intro of scientific discoveries and technology

Question 3

What did Bruce say?

Answer 3

Technological worldview eg: google/social media

Question 4

What did Parsons say?

Answer 4

Structural differentiation - disengagement and privatisation
Disengagement = decline in engagement with religious community
Privatisation = increase in worshipping at home

Question 5

What did Berger say?

Answer 5

Society is no longer unified under a single sacred canopy eg: Catholicism, there is a plurality of world views which weakens the plausibility structure (not everyone believe in the same thing anymore)

Question 6

What did postmodernists Lyotard and Bauman say?

Answer 6

Increased metanarratives for individuals to choose from, people therefore favour science