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Davie

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Belief w/o belonging - religious but don’t practice
Vicarious religion - not religious but recognise its importance

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Census

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Christianity 71.6->46.2
Islam 2.7-> 6.5
Atheism 15.5->37.2

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Wallis and Bruce

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How do ems stay religious
Cultural defence
Cultural transition - place of worship for integration

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Equality and humans rights commission

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1991 - 45.8% belief in god
2008- 36.7% belief in godd

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Rankin (age)

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Young people are soul searchers

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Beckford ( ethnicity)

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Pentecostalism - black peope sense of purpose

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2011 census (age)

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Christians - oldest age profile
Muslims - youngest age profile

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Brierley ( age )

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87% of 10- 14 year olds find church boring

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Mirza et al (age)

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British born Muslims more committed to their religion

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Jacobson

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British born Pakistanis adopt a stronger Islamic identity due to racism

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UCL (2015) (gender)

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60% women believe in life after death
35% of men do

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You gov (age)

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18-24 year olds - religion smaller than ever

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Pryce (ethnicity)

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Reasons for Pentecostalism growth
- oppression
- lively practice
- accessible

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Maduro (neomarx)

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Liberation theory
- Oscar Romero spoke about gov injustices - was killed at mass
Revolutionary force for change

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Weber (Calvinism / weberian)

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Calvinism led to the creation of capitalism - gods pre chosen people work hard to determine gods favour

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Marshall (1982)

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Capitalism + calvinism in Scotland = did not develop alongside each other

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Kautsky (1953)

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Calvinism after Scotland

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El sadaawi (feminism)

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Female cirumscison in Islam
Used for religious violence due to misinterpretation of the qu’ran

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De Beauvoir (feminism )

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Most religious role models are men = social control

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Daly ( feminism )

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Planetry caste system
- religion keeps women below men

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Armstrong (feminism)

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Monotheism caused goddesses to disappear

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Berger (phemenology)

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Heretical imperative - peole now have a choice in religious beliefs

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Baumann (pm)

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People still turn to religion for guidance

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Lyon (pm)

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Spiritual market - free to pick and choose
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Jesus in Disneyland - consumerism- join if they want + dedifferentation - take part online (websites)

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Hervieu- leger (pm)
Spiritual shoppers - mix and pick religious beliefs
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Giddens
Conservatives feel undervalued in a liberal world - fundamentalism rise
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Bird
Strength of em religiosity Cultural defence Cultural comfort zone Maintain identity
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Troeltsh
Sects are small religious organisations that are world rejecting E.g : Amish
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Becker
Cult Extreme devotion World affirming Seek spiritual enlightenment
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Day
People claim to be Christian but hold no religious belief Ethnic - to fit in
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Malinowski (functionalism )
Trobiland islanders religious practices
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Marx (Marxism)
Religion is opium of the masses
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Milliband
Media is opium if the masses
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Engles (Neo Marx )
Similarities between early Christian and wc EC- oppressed by Roman Empire Wc- oppressed by bourgeoise
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Bruce and voas
Atheists believe religion performs useful Functioms E.g funerals
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Aherne and Davie (class)
Wc less likely to participate as it’s to closely tied with the ruling class
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Modood et al
32% Christians practice 80% Muslims
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Voas
Immigration of Africans led to growth in Pentecostalism
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Evangelical alliance uk
2/3 attending Pentecostal are black
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Davie (age)
Older people have always been more religious
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Smart
7 dimensions of church Personal experience Stories Belief Rules Lives shaped Places of worship
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Ainsworth and farthing (class)
Church seen as a middle class activity Mc - 22% Wc - 12%
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Gallup
Religiosity high where poverty is
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Theos
Theist = lower classes
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Bruce
New age movements appeal more to middle class - spiritual growth
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Wallis (class)
Middle class to to NAMs for spiritual enlightenment
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Stark and bainbridge (class)
Mc- world accepting organisations Wc - world rejecting
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Weber (class)
Theodicy of disprivelage - religious explanation for suffering
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Brierley (class)
Wc alienated from attending church - mc activity
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Hunt (gender)
Women more likely to believe in heaven , hell and the devil
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Miller and hoffmann (gender )
Women are more risk averse than men
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Greeley (gender )
Women feel closer to god as they create life
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Sullins (gender )
Women are socialised into being passive which is valued by religions
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Mcallister (gender )
Religiosity linked to women’s participation in employment
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CSGC
1970 - 82% of world was religious 2010- 88
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Brierley (gender )
Women are leaving the church at a faster rate
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Hakim (gender)
Preference theory - work centered (60%) - less likely to participate in religion
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Woodhead (gender )
Social changes affect women’s participation in religion Work centered - less likely to participate in religion
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Voas and Crockett (age+ ethnicity )
White people becoming less religious
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Coleman (age)
Religion helps old people deal with bereavements
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NORC
people become more religious when they are more aware of mortality
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Casanova
Deprivatisation affected religion
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Holm (feminism )
Women exploited in religion Islam - women cannot go to church in certain regions
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Durkheim (functionalism )
Humans crated imaginary forces to create social order
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Brierley (secularisation )
6.3% regularly attended church in 2005
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BRIN
All religious ceremonies are declining Marriages - 20%
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Parsons ( functionalism )
3 Functions Guidelines - social control Adjustment to life events Events ought not to happen - depression

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