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Explanations of Secularisation (Max Weber: rationalisation (Disenchantment…
Explanations of Secularisation
Max Weber: rationalisation
rational thinking > religious thinking
Weber: protestant reformation
undermined religion
middle ages
world = 'enchanted garden'
Disenchantment
transcendent god
understanding events
:red_cross: 'magical' thinking
future undermines religion
A technological worldview
Bruce
technology > religion
example: religion and illness
Structural differentiation
(SD)
Parsons :silhouette:
Specialisation
development :explode: society
individual --> separate specialised
SD --> Disengagement of ⛪️🕉✝️
Functions --> other institutions
disconnected WS
Bruce :silhouette:
Religion Privitisation
personal choice
:forbidden:influence WS
Rituals/symbols :forbidden: meaning
Secular state
religion conforms
Eg. teacher qualifications
// church} - {state
--> personal choice
Social and cultural diversity
Decline of community
Decline of religion
:silhouette: Wilson
collective rituals = pre-industrial
integrated individuals
no community = now
religion lost validity
Industrialisation
:silhouette: Bruce
consensus of religious beliefs :forbidden:
loose-knit urban communities
social and geographical mobility
diversity
Diversity of occupations, cultures and lifestyles undermines religion
different views
:silhouette:Bruce
plausibility of beliefs
undermined by individualism
undermined by alternatives
needs religious community
Criticisms :no_entry:
:silhouette:Aldridge
source of identity
worldwide scale
imagined communities
interact - global media
'impersonal' urban areas
eg. pentecostal reliigions
Religious diversity
:silhouette: Berger (1969)
Cause secularisation
religious diversity
:forbidden:1 organisation
Sacred Canopy
Catholic Monopoly
same beliefs
Greater plausibility
views unquestioned
No challengers
HOWEVER, change
Protestant Reformation
16th century
churches & sects
Variety & Number :arrow_up:
Different truth
:red_cross:Unified under
Sacred canopy
X2 of life :earth_africa:
:eye: of :earth_africa: Vary
Different :eye: truth
Plausibility Structure
Diversity :arrow_right:
Crisis of credibility
Question all :church:
:silhouettes:opt out
:silhouette: Bruce
Religious Diversity :arrow_right:
Main cause
Cultural defence and transition
:silhouette: Bruce
Two counter-trends
Cultural defence
:check: Community
Ethnic groups
Foreign power
Difference country & culture
:check: Support
E.g
Catholicism in Poland
Fall of communism
Cultural transition
Focus provided
Defending identity
:forbidden: External forces
:silhouette: Herberg
Religion and immigration
To U.S
Similar function
Irish
African Caribbean
Muslim
Hindu
Migrating to UK
Don't disprove secularisation
Survive where it performs
Not individuals relevance to supernatural
Contradicted secularisation
Religious participation
Religions survival
Because of focus
Conclusively
Religions importance
Intergrated into society
Criticisms :no_entry:
:silhouette: Berger (1999)
Changed views
Diversity and choice
Stimulate interest
E.g
Growth of evangelicalism in Latin America
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:silhouette: Beckford (2003)
Religious diversity
Questions or abandonment
Not inevitable
Opposing views
Strengthening commitment
Not undermining