Postmod And Religion Flashcards by Rita Sefaah Poku

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What are the studies for postmodernism and religion ?

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zygmunt Bauman : religion and choice
David Lyon: Jesus in Disneyland
Hervieu-Leger: spiritual shopping and individualisation
Tara Isabella Burton : remixed religion

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What does Zygmunt Bauman : religion and choice not accept ?

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Do not accept universal truth

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Zygmunt Bauman : religion and choice
Instead what do people want / accept ?

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But instead have choice on what you want to believe

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Zygmunt Bauman : religion and choice

How has morality become ?

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Privatised matter of individual preference

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Zygmunt Bauman : religion and choice

What do people want ?

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Expert guidance on what rules to accept

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Zygmunt Bauman : religion and choice

Due to choice what do people gain ?

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Religious pluralism

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Zygmunt Bauman : religion and choice

Due to religious pluralism, what does it mean ?

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People can mix different beliefs together

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David Lyon : Jesus in Disneyland

What two points does Lyon make for consumer society ?

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Dedifferentation and consumerism

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David Lyon : Jesus in Disneyland (differentation)

How does Lyon see religious beliefs , popular culture or media as?

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Diminishing

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David Lyon : Jesus in Disneyland (differentation)

What does Lyon see as diminishing?

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Religious beliefs, popular culture and media

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David Lyon : Jesus in Disneyland (differentation)

How are religious practises ?

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Lifted out of normal context

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David Lyon : Jesus in Disneyland (differentation)

Example of religious practices moved out of normal context?

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Physical church moves to media

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David Lyon : Jesus in Disneyland (differentation)

Since physical church moved to media what does it mean ?

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People can chose to practise religion on own convenience

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David Lyon : Jesus in Disneyland (consumerism)

What have people not abandoned ?

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Religion

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David Lyon : Jesus in Disneyland (consumerism)

How has religion become ?

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Religion has relocated to sphere of consumption

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David Lyon : Jesus in Disneyland (consumerism)

What have People become ?

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Conscious consumers

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David Lyon : Jesus in Disneyland (consumerism)

Due to people becoming conscious consumers what do they choose ?

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Choosing to relate to bits of religion they find useful
Choosing religion narrative that appeals to them

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation
People of today have become what ?

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Spiritual shoppers

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation , people have become spiritual shoppers where ?

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In a religious marketplace

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation , if people of today have become spiritual shoppers in a religious market place what does it lead to ?

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Pick and mix of religious identities

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

What has happened in Europe ?

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Dramatic decline in institutional religion

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

Why is there a decline of religious institutions in Europe ?

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Due to cultural amnesia

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

What is cultural amnesia?

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Loss of collective memory on importance of organised religion

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

What does she agree on religion ?

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Religion hasn’t disappeared

According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation What does she agree on about religion ?

Religion hasn’t disappeared

According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation What does she argue on instead ?

Individual consumerism has replaced collective tradition

According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation What has replaced collective tradition?

Individual consumerism

According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation What does she argue about religion now ?

More individualised in postmodernism society

According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation What does she mean by religion being more individualised in postmodernism society?

People can construct their own unique religious belief rather than it being imposed by organised religion

According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation What approach does religion have ?

Do it yourself

According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation What does the do it yourself religious approach allow ?

Allows people to explore spirituality at their own time and way

Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion What did she argue there had been ?

Rise of remixed religion and intutional religion

Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion Due to rise in remixed religion and intuitional religion what did this lead to ?

Mixing and matching of religious practices

Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion What two Factors reinforces remixed religion?

Rise of consumer capitalist And advent of the internet

Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion What two factors reinforce remixed religion?

Rise of consumer capitalism AND the advent of the internet

Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion What two factors reinforces remixed religion?

Rise of consumer capitalism AND The advent of the internet

Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion What does these two factors Instill in people?

Instills expectations for the sacred in the same way we seek romance

Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion Example of being part of remixed religion ?

Harry Potter fan culture it’s a public commitment to a tribe . Tribal identity

Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion For people in these subcultures what is there involvement driven by ?

Same motives that draw people to religion

Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion What Do people in this subculture want?

Community , purpose and Sense of the World

What are the evaluation of postmodernism?

- exaggerating choice - are we truly postmodernism? - exaggerating individualisation - ignoring social structure

What is exaggeration of choice evaluation?

Some people cannot make choices on religion like others e.g In Saudi Arabia conversion from Islam is punishable for death Also ethnocentric- focused on European one

What does are we truly postmodernism evaluation say ?

Post mod says we have Abandoned metanarrative and moved beyond universal truths but Christianity and Islam growing worldwide

What does the exaggerating individualisation evaluation say ?

Postmodernism underestimate continuity power of group identity based on social class , age , ethnicity and nationality W/C more religious than M/C

What does ignoring social structure evaluation say ?

Tend to ignore extent which religion has shaped society as a whole for women, working class which limits postmodernism power