Secularisation

Question 1

What does WILSON say about what secularisation is?

Answer 1

The Process whereby religious thinking, practices and institutions lose social significance

Question 2

Breakdown of Wilsons definition: Religious:
Thinking
Practices
Institutions

Answer 2

Thinking: Influence of religion on people’s belief and values

Practices: What people do to carry out their religious commitment

Institutions: Extent to which they have retained their influence on modern society

Question 3

Bruce Quote:

Answer 3

“Religion is on a steady and unremitting decline”

Question 4

Useful Sentence:

Answer 4

“The Problematic nature of the evidence”

Question 5

Useful evaluation of definition

Answer 5

If we cannot define religion how can we measure its decline

Question 6

Criticism of Secularisation

Answer 6

It is not declining just changing its form.

Question 7

Differentiation of Disengagement

Answer 7

Religion has differentiated. Traditional religion may not be as important, but religion and spirituality are still very influential, just in different forms.

Question 8

Davie: why is religion changing?

Answer 8

Society is moving from obligation to choice.

Question 9

Davie: B W B?

Answer 9

Believing Without Belonging