Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Topic
12:Secularisation
- overview
- whilst many sociologists is
occuring, others point to the
growth of religious
fundamentalism in mordern
societies
- Casanova (1994) argues
that secularisation can
take 3 forms
- DIFFERENTIATION: when
non-religious spheres, such
as the economy become
separate from religion
- DECLINE
OF
BELIEFS:
people
begin to
cease
holding
religious
beliefs
- PRIVATISATION:
when religion
disengages from public
life and ceasea trying to
influence people lifes
- casanova only sees
the first type of
secularisation
occuring. Religion no
longer has a centeral
positionin mordern
societies but neither
does it fade away
- Wilson
- secularisation is hard
to measure because
religion is hard to
measure
- despite this evidence
seems to suggest that
secularisation IS occuring:
- 1.reduction in
religious attendance
- 2.reduction in
relihious belief and
growth of agnostic/
athesism
- 3.although
NRM are
popular, this
actually
supports
secularisation
theory- NRM
are generally
short lived and
exoctic,
suggesting
that religion is
not take
seriously any
more.
- Bruce (1995)
- secularisation is occuring
dure to societalization- a
process whereby societ
becomes fragmented and
close knit societys decline
- because of societalization,
the church no longer brings
the community together,
and therefore people see
no need to attend services
- Turner
- Agrees that secularisation is occuring
- evidence: declining power of
the church e.g couldnt prevent
clivil marriages.
- this is because
religion is no loner
needed by the
bourgeouise to
ensure family
inheritance of wealth
primogeniture
- Berger
- secularisation is
occuring due to
religious pluralism
- multiple religions
- we have acess to many
religions- this makes us
question their validity- they
cant all be correct
- therefore
we start
to
disbelieve
all
religions
- Desacrilisation and Rationalisation
- Desacrilisation: is a process whereby the world no longer appears a sacred/ spiritual
place under the control of supernatural forces. People actions are no longer directed by
religious beliefs of goals
- Rationalisation:is a process by which more and more areas of life become goverened
according to rational principles. For example, rational activity is goverened by the careful
calculation of profit and loss; worl is prganised to maximise economic growth; and laws
are not produced on a ruler's irrational whim.
- Weber:
secularisation is
occuring due to
rationalisation