Religion + social class Flashcards
(12 cards)
1
Q
British social attitudes survey 2019
A
- Higher social classes tend to attend church less frequently than lower- income groups
- working class- 20%
- middle-class- 12%
2
Q
Karl Marx
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- religion is the ‘opium of people’
- dulls the pain of oppression which the working class are faced with by promising rewards in the afterlife
- The ruling class uses religion to justify it’s power
3
Q
Crockett
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working-class individuals are less likely to be secular compared to middle class
4
Q
working class and religion
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- Have more faith in fatalism, miracles ect. due to economic insecurity
- Crockett
5
Q
Middle class- what religion are they more likely to follow?
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- rational , liberal interpretations of religion such as Anglicanism
- NAM
6
Q
What type of people are more likely to follow NAM’s
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middle aged, middle classed women
7
Q
steve bruce
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middle- class individuals use NAM’s for self- improvement and personal growth rather than strict religious devotion
8
Q
Ball et al.
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- Middle class parents strategically use religion to access better schools
- faith schools often select students based on their social and cultural factors, favoring middle- class applicants
9
Q
Upper -class religion
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- religious ideologies allows for the ruling class to maintain control
10
Q
How do institutions such as the church of england serve the interests of the upper class
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by reinforcing social hierachy and political power
11
Q
oscar lewis
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- studied Catholics in Latin america and found that the poor rely on religion to cope with economic hardship
- The working class often sees suffering as a test from God
12
Q
Gracie Davies
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- middle class people in western societies still hold religious beliefs but are less likely to attend church regularly
- ‘believing without belonging’
- ‘pick + mix’
- Increase in new age movement
