GROWTH AND DECLINE OF RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS

Question 1

DECLINES

Answer 1

2023 Census - E + W now minority Christian countries, less than half + increase in alt religion/none

WOODHEAD AND HEELAS: Kendall project - decreased attendance

Liberal values - Trad religions less tolerant

Globalisation - Media + multicultural societies exposed new ideas

Loss of faith in metanarratives - Loss in science and religion

Commitment - Weekly attendance incompatible w/ busy lives

Disenchantment - Industrialisation, enlightenment = magical,mystical decline

Science and rationalisation - Disenchantment = Turning towards science

Question 2

GROWTH IN NRM AND NAM

Answer 2

Filling the vacuum
Lyotard in PM loss of faith in meta narratives (science, religion)
Heelas NRM NAM emerge to fill ‘vacuum of meaning’

Identity creation
Heelas NRM/NAM for source of identity, trad resources harder to define

Globalisation
Access to ideas, religious organisation

Decline in traditional religion
Attractive, flexible, non discriminative

Social change
Security and support of NRM/NAM