Religiousity

Question 1

Miller and Hoffman

Answer 1

Women express greater interest in religion and stronger personal commitment to it

Question 2

Miller and Hoffman
(Reasons)

Answer 2

1. Risk taking
2. Womens socialisation
3. Gender roles

Question 3

Brown
(Eval of paid work)

Answer 3

‘decline of female piety’ - women withdrawing from religion as since 1960s more are in paid work

Question 4

Brown

Answer 4

New Age ‘self’ religions attract women recruits as appeal to womens wish for autonomy

Question 5

Stark and Bainbridge
(Gender)

Answer 5

Women may participate in sects as offer compensators:
- organismic deprivation
- ethical deprivation
- social deprivation

Question 6

Brusco

Answer 6

Study of Pentecostals in Colombia
. Pentecostals demands followers to adopt ascetic lifestyle (trad division of labour)
. Pentecostal women use it to combat widespread culture of machismo in Latin America - raising standard of living of women and children

Question 7

Brierley

Answer 7

Black people 2x more likely to attend church as white people

Question 8

Modhood

Answer 8

Decline in importance of religion for all ethnic groups especially among second generation

Question 9

Bird

Answer 9

Religion among minorities can be basis for community solidarity

Question 10

Voas and Crockett

Answer 10

Three possible explanations for age differences in religion:
1. The Ageing Effect
2. The Period/Cohort Effect
3. Secularisation

Question 11

Heelas
(Age)

Answer 11

The Ageing Effect
. more interested in spirituality as we approach death = more concerned with afterlife and more likely to attend church