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Social Groups (ETHNICITY (Solidarity (Religion can create community…
Social Groups
ETHNICITY
Why are ethnic minorities more religious? STOOPID
Solidarity
Religion can create community solidarity when you belong to a minority
*Transition
Religion helps ease transition into new culture through support + a community
SOCIAL CLASS
Marxists argues religion...
Allows R/C to dominate W/C
Creates a false class consciousness
'reward of heaven'
'rewards hardworkers'
Strain theory
Helps W/C cope with strain of the desire to succeed + their hierarchy position within capitalism
Religion solves tension
W/C more likely to be religious to help them face inequality of capitalism
Comfort distracts them from exploitation
'Religion is the opium of the masses'
HOWEVER...
Church of England is seen as M/C + U/C due to its links with monarchy
Ashworth + Farthing
M/C have higher church attendance
Sects recruit disadvantaged as they seek to resolve tensions
AGE
Young people are less religious because...
Believing w/o belonging
Religious feelings more private
Express religion much less
Participate in less mainstream religion
Don't feel they belong to 1 religion + don't hold specific beliefs
Declining attraction of religion
Services are boring, old fashioned +repetitive
Controversies in religions e.g abortion and gay marriage
attitudes differ with the young
Expanded spiritual market (Lynch)
More sources to build own spiritual/ religious beliefs
Objects, events and celebs can be considered sacred
influences their identities +lifestyles
Decline of R.E
Bruce suggests how they increasingly struggle to recruit the young into Sunday schools or R.E etc. (1/25 children)
less assemblies are religious
Pragmatic reasons
leisure takes up most of their time
increasingly uncool to be religious
GENDER