Secularisation

Question 1

Secularisation

Answer 1

society has become detatched from religion
If we cant definr religion how do we know its declining.

Question 2

Secularisation in Britain
Crockett 1998

Answer 2

Estimates in that year (1851 census of religion) 40% or more of adult population attend church on Sundays.
Higher than today
- increase in average age of churchgoers
- less baptisms + church weddings
- religious diversity

Question 3

B Wilson 1966

Answer 3

Western societies been undergoing a long process of secularisation
Religious beliefs practices and institutions lose social significance

Question 4

Church attendance today
Wilson

Answer 4

By 2015 5% of the adult population attend church on Sundays

1% of the country attend CofE services

Question 5

Church attendence today
Ceremony

Answer 5

Weddings
1971 60% of wedding in a church
2012 it was only 30%
Baptisms
‘Bogus baptisms’ infant baptisms declined older children have increased because of faith schools

Question 6

Religious Affiliation today

Answer 6

num of catholics increased due to east european immigration.
Non-Christian religion mainly islam has increased due to immigration and birth rates

Question 7

Religious beliefs today

Answer 7

significant decline in church attendence and membership
decline in belief in personal Gods

Question 8

religious institutions today
the clergy

Answer 8

The number of clergy
20th century fell from 45,000 to 34,000 now keep pace with pop growth = 80,000+
- aging workforce
- 12% angelical clergy are below 40
Catholic preist fell by 1/3 1965 - 2011

Question 9

Woodhead 2014 on the clergy

Answer 9

‘… there are no longer enough troupers left to keep the show on the road’
Lack of clergy on the ground in local communites means day to day influence of church is reduced.

Question 10

Bruce - secularisation

Answer 10

…‘we find there is a steady and unremitted decline.’ if the current trends continue the methodist church will fold around 2030
the Cof E will be volentary

Question 11

Weber Rationalisation

Answer 11

the protestant reformation begun by Martin luther 16th century started process of rationalisation

Question 12

Weber medival catholic worldveiw

Answer 12

saw world as an ‘enchanted garden’. Humans believe that these beings have an active presence in this world in changing events.

Question 13

Weber ‘Disenchantment of the world’

Answer 13

squeezes out the magical beliefs + religious thinking starts rationalisation process - Enabelling science to thrive

Question 14

Bruce Technological world view

Answer 14

Technological world view replaced religious or supernatural explaiunations
Eg plane crash
they have reduced scope for religious explaination - science doesnt make people aitheist

Question 15

Parsons Structural differeciation