Source Analysis 1

Question 1

Describe how people interact with religion

Answer 1

1. How does this social factor impact how people think about the role of religion in their own lives
2. How does this social factor impact how people view religion in society
3. Does this social factor make them feel sympathetic or hostile towards religion

Question 2

Identify social factors that influence

Answer 2

1. Consumerism
2. Historical issues/events
3. Social disadvantage/Hardship
4. Social attitude of Secularism

Question 3

Describe Consumerism

Answer 3

Consumerism refers to a culture that focuses on material possessions and/or consumption of goods.

Consumerism is characterized by;
- Excessive spending
- Greed and envy of others
- Focusing on material wealth and goods
-Finding identity and meaning in goods and services

Question 4

Describe historical issues/events

Answer 4

There are many historical issues and or events namely;
- Same sex marriage
- Sectarianism
- Vatican II
- Reformations

Question 5

Describe social disadvantage/Hardship

Answer 5

Social disadvantage and hardship include poverty, poor health conditions, war and natural disasters

Question 6

Describe secularism

Answer 6

Secularism refers to a social or political philosophy that rejects all forms of religion.
With there being two types of secularism;
Soft secularism asserts the right to be free from religious rule and teachings, and the right to freedom from governmental imposition of religion upon the people within a state.

Hard secularism asserts that religion (religious considerations/expressions/references) should be ignored, excluded or removed from social life and political matters

Question 7

Big paragraph format

Answer 7

T - “Insert social factor is a social factor that supports/hinders/obstructs how a person interacts with religion.
E - define and describe the social factor
E - example
A - connect social factor to impact and detail the interaction with religion - e.g how do people act as a result of this social factor’s impact
L - summarise main point

Question 8

Origin

Answer 8

Author date

Question 9

Purpose

Answer 9

Draw conclusions
POV
Audience
Gaps
Differing or conflicting views
Tentative or decisive
trying to comfort, convince, condemn or convert?

Question 10

Context of a source

Answer 10

Historical context
Religious context
Political Context
Social/Cultural context

Question 11

Reliability

Answer 11

Author of source - is it authoritative
Consistent or contradictory
How recently was it published

Question 12

Usefullness

Answer 12

Intended audience
Is it informative
Does it arrive to any conclusions
Does it contribute to anything to the course content

Question 13

Contestable nature

Answer 13

Critically question a held position
Obvious gaps or bias
diversity of views of the subject
overly sympathetic or hostile

Question 14

Point of view

Answer 14

How one sees or thinks of something
e.g cartoonist may hold the pov that a public figure is incompetent so they make an unflattering caricature of them