secularisation Debate

Question 1

who comes up with the idea of rationalisation ?

Answer 1

Weber

Question 2

what does weber say about rationalisation ?

Answer 2

it is a process of logical evidence based thinking replacing religious ones

Question 3

what has religion undergone according to weber?

Answer 3

disenchantment - magical element of religion disappeared such as “angels”
BRUCE - technological worldview replaces religious explanations of bad happenings

Question 4

what does Bruce argue about with his technological worldview ?

Answer 4

when a plane crashes it is not seen as gods work , we look for scientific and technological explanations

Question 5

CAUSES OF SECULARISATION : cultural and social diversity

Answer 5

diversity undermines religion

Wilson- industrialisation destroys stable local communities

Bruce- diversity undermines religious believability

Question 6

structural differentiation - Parsons

Answer 6

process of specialisation due to industrialisation
religion dominates preindustrial society , influences education and law and social ness
parsons says this leads to disengagement

Question 7

A03: structural differentiation

Answer 7

26 church of englands bishops in House of Lords influence government policy

Question 8

Berger - secularisation , crisis of credibility

Answer 8

berger argues diversity leads to crisis of credibility
undermines plausibility structure
religious beliefs become relative over absolute

Question 9

A03 Rligious diversity Bruce and Berger:

Answer 9

religious market theory
argues that religius diversity stimulated greater amounts of religious beliefs + participation