secularisation Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
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how does wilson define secularisation
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the process whereby religious thinking, practices and institutions lose social significance.
2
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bruce evidence for secularisation in america
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• Declining church attendance
• Secularisation from within
• A trend towards religious diversity and relativism
3
Q
Hadaway et al
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churchgoing exaggeration
4
Q
weber
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rationalisation and disenchantment
5
Q
bruce
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technological world view
6
Q
bruce & davie
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privatisation
7
Q
berger
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religious diversity/ pluralism (confusion of choice etc)
8
Q
bruce
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cultural defence and transition
9
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lyon
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religion is changing not declining
- increased consumer choice
- “spiritual shopping”
10
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stark and bainbridge
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religious market theory
