Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Cultural Defence |
- Communities of different culture or ethnicity sticking together to avoid discrimination |
|
|
Cultural Transition |
- Religion helps unite people and access norms and value - Example: Migrants may become involved with a church similar to back home |
|
|
Social Deprivation |
- People looking for social bonds and connections - Minority communities may feel better socially integrated when in a religion |
|
|
Cultural Identity |
- People use religion, festivals etc to shape their personalities |
|
|
Ethnic Statistics on Religious Attendance |
- 43% of white people said religion was important to them - 38% worship weekly - 81% African Caribbean were religious - 57% worship weekly |
|
|
Madoode Et Al (1994) |
- Decline in importance of ethnic groups in their second generation |
|
|
Madood Et Al 1997: |
- Participation and identity of religion was common for ethnic minorities to be part of |
|
|
Bruce 2002: |
- Religiosity is more of an expression and identity for ethnic groups |
|
|
Bird: |
- Migrants that are religious came from previously religious countries (Poland, Catholicism) |
|
|
Believing Without Belonging: |
- People have religious belief and experience on an individual level - Making it harder to claim secularisation has really taken place |
|
|
Disappearance Thesis: |
- Modernity has lead to the "Death of God" - Any religion that remains will soon become out of date |
|
|
Differentiation Thesis: |
- Religions importance over institutions is failing - Yet religion remains an internal and individual form of significance |
|
|
Hanson 1997 |
- The Broad & Narrow Approach - Religion losing wide scale significance (The Broad) - Religion losing significance on an individual level |
|
|
Wilson 2005 |
- Church Attendance has fell by 50% by the 1960s - Only 6.3% of adults attend church |
|
|
Age Affecting Religion: |
- Past 50 years saw greatest decline - Only 26% of over 65s attend church - 11% of young people attended church |
|
|
Life Expectancy: |
- Longer lives mean younger people do not worry about death until later - Older generation seek comfort in religion |
|
|
Pragmatic Reasons: |
- People simply do not have time to dedicate an entire day a week to church - Older members of society and old institutions still implement this system |
|
|
Hegemonic Roles: |
- People no longer adhere to religious leaders - Dark ages these figures once had power and authority |
|
|
Cohen 1970 |
- Status Frustration - People will follow religion if others around them view it as a positive thing - Modernity has lead religion to be considered less important |
