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Postmod And Religion Flashcards

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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

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

What does she agree on about religion ?

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Religion hasn’t disappeared

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

What does she argue on instead ?

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Individual consumerism has replaced collective tradition

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

What has replaced collective tradition?

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Individual consumerism

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

What does she argue about religion now ?

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More individualised in postmodernism society

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

What does she mean by religion being more individualised in postmodernism society?

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

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

What approach does religion have ?

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Do it yourself

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According to Hervieu-Leger : spiritual shopping and individualisation

What does the do it yourself religious approach allow ?

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Allows people to explore spirituality at their own time and way

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Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion

What did she argue there had been ?

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Rise of remixed religion and intutional religion

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

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Mixing and matching of religious practices

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Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion

What two Factors reinforces remixed religion?

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Rise of consumer capitalist
And
advent of the internet

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Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion

What two factors reinforce remixed religion?

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Rise of consumer capitalism
AND
the advent of the internet

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

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Rise of consumer capitalism
AND
The advent of the internet

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Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion

What does these two factors Instill in people?

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

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Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion

Example of being part of remixed religion ?

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

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Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion

For people in these subcultures what is there involvement driven by ?

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Same motives that draw people to religion

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Tara Isabella Burton: remixed religion

What Do people in this subculture want?

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Community , purpose and Sense of the World

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What are the evaluation of postmodernism?

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  • exaggerating choice
  • are we truly postmodernism?
  • exaggerating individualisation
  • ignoring social structure
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What is exaggeration of choice evaluation?

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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

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What does are we truly postmodernism evaluation say ?

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

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What does the exaggerating individualisation evaluation say ?

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

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What does ignoring social structure evaluation say ?

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

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