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postmodernism/religion
davie
believing without belonging
church attendance is a personal choice
trend of vicarious religion
believing through others
e.g watching a church livestream @ home
active minority attend church
church is a privatised spiritual health service
lyon
jesus in disneyland
people are still religious
religion is disembedded from local contexts
no longer in trad institutions
de-instituitonalised religion
result of globalisation
e.g religious harvest festival in disneyland
incentivising people to be religious
hervieu-leger
spiritual shopping
personal choice has led to a decline in insituitional religion
religion used to be generational
extended families
parish church
inherited a fixed religious identity
cultural amnesia
loss of collective memory
parents now allow kids to choose if they're religious
no fixed religious identity
spiritual marketplace
DIY beliefs
norris and ingleheart
existential security theory
religiosity isnt a choice
it is degrees of existential security
compensates for feelings of suffering
types of societies
secure
low demand for religion
at risk
high demand for religion
religion answers questions in uncertain times
stark and bainbridge
religious market theory
cycle of decline, revival and renewal in religion
some religions decline
others grow
religious competition
improvement in religious goods
will want to adapt their ideas to compete in the market
increased demand for religion
religious monopolies
in places w/ one dominant religion market theory is unavailable e.g iran
religion thrives in USA therefore no religious monopoly