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One of the arguments for secularisation is that individuals are less likely to seek religious explanations for existential questions and increasingly rely on
One of the arguments for secularisation is that individuals are less likely to seek religious explanations for existential questions and increasingly rely on
- Secular explanations (correct)
- Superstitious explanations
- Mystical explanations
- Philosophical explanations
Which of the following is an example of how religion has become less influential in public life?
Which of the following is an example of how religion has become less influential in public life?
- Religious leaders have more influence on moral issues
- State services have been secularized (correct)
- Religious knowledge is part of the curriculum
- Laws reflect religious values
Durkheim believed that religion was tremendously important in which type of society?
Durkheim believed that religion was tremendously important in which type of society?
- Pre-industrial societies (correct)
- Industrial societies
- Post-industrial societies
- Pluralistic societies
What did Durkheim argue that religion transmitted in pre-industrial societies?
What did Durkheim argue that religion transmitted in pre-industrial societies?
What percentage of the population regularly attended a church service on a Sunday in 2015?
What percentage of the population regularly attended a church service on a Sunday in 2015?
What percentage of weddings took place in church in 1971?
What percentage of weddings took place in church in 1971?
What happened to the number of weddings held in church between 1971 and 2012?
What happened to the number of weddings held in church between 1971 and 2012?
According to Terry Sanderson, what services are people increasingly abandoning the church for?
According to Terry Sanderson, what services are people increasingly abandoning the church for?
According to Emile Durkheim, what are the two completely separate parts that religious beliefs divide the world into?
According to Emile Durkheim, what are the two completely separate parts that religious beliefs divide the world into?
What are the three distinctive levels of analysis that are important to address when discussing religion and secularisation?
What are the three distinctive levels of analysis that are important to address when discussing religion and secularisation?
According to Wilson, what has been happening to the importance of religion in the UK since the 1960s?
According to Wilson, what has been happening to the importance of religion in the UK since the 1960s?
According to Durkheim, what does the totemic emblem symbolize?
According to Durkheim, what does the totemic emblem symbolize?
Why did Durkheim argue that people worship society when they worship God?
Why did Durkheim argue that people worship society when they worship God?
What function does religion perform for society, according to Durkheim?
What function does religion perform for society, according to Durkheim?
What does Durkheim believe would happen without shared values and moral beliefs? (WRONG ANSWER ONLY)
What does Durkheim believe would happen without shared values and moral beliefs? (WRONG ANSWER ONLY)
According to critics, what is one reason Durkheim's study of Aboriginal groups may be misleading?
According to critics, what is one reason Durkheim's study of Aboriginal groups may be misleading?
What was the percentage of the population that attended church before industrialization, according to the text?
What was the percentage of the population that attended church before industrialization, according to the text?
According to Durkheim, what is the main concern regarding the process of industrialization and urbanization?
According to Durkheim, what is the main concern regarding the process of industrialization and urbanization?
According to Weber, what is the term used to describe the change in the way individuals explain the social world due to modernization?
According to Weber, what is the term used to describe the change in the way individuals explain the social world due to modernization?
According to Bryan Wilson, how does he define secularization?
According to Bryan Wilson, how does he define secularization?
According to Peter Berger, what is secularization?
According to Peter Berger, what is secularization?
What are the three distinctive levels of analysis in relation to religion and secularization, as mentioned by Wilson?
What are the three distinctive levels of analysis in relation to religion and secularization, as mentioned by Wilson?
According to Wilson, what does secularization refer to in the UK since the 1960s?
According to Wilson, what does secularization refer to in the UK since the 1960s?
What evidence suggests that secularization is occurring in the UK?
What evidence suggests that secularization is occurring in the UK?
According to Durkheim, what does the totemic emblem symbolize?
According to Durkheim, what does the totemic emblem symbolize?
What did Durkheim argue about the symbol of the totem?
What did Durkheim argue about the symbol of the totem?
According to the secularisation debate, what does secularisation mean?
According to the secularisation debate, what does secularisation mean?
What are the two parts into which the argument of secularisation can be broken down?
What are the two parts into which the argument of secularisation can be broken down?
What is one example of religion becoming less powerful and influential in public life?
What is one example of religion becoming less powerful and influential in public life?
Who initiated the debates on secularisation in sociology?
Who initiated the debates on secularisation in sociology?
According to Durkheim, in which type of society was religion tremendously important?
According to Durkheim, in which type of society was religion tremendously important?
What were the founding fathers of sociology concerned with in the secularisation debate?
What were the founding fathers of sociology concerned with in the secularisation debate?
What percentage of the population regularly attended a church service on a Sunday in the 1960s?
What percentage of the population regularly attended a church service on a Sunday in the 1960s?
What percentage of the population regularly attended a church service on a Sunday in 2015?
What percentage of the population regularly attended a church service on a Sunday in 2015?
What percentage of weddings took place in church in 1971?
What percentage of weddings took place in church in 1971?
According to Terry Sanderson, what services are people increasingly abandoning the church for?
According to Terry Sanderson, what services are people increasingly abandoning the church for?
According to Emile Durkheim, what are sacred objects?
According to Emile Durkheim, what are sacred objects?
According to Durkheim, what was the role of religion in small-scale societies?
According to Durkheim, what was the role of religion in small-scale societies?
How does Bryan Wilson define secularisation?
How does Bryan Wilson define secularisation?
What are the three distinctive levels of analysis in relation to religion and secularisation, as mentioned by Wilson?
What are the three distinctive levels of analysis in relation to religion and secularisation, as mentioned by Wilson?
What did Durkheim suggest about the worship of society?
What did Durkheim suggest about the worship of society?
According to Weber, what term did he use to describe the change in the way individuals explain the social world due to modernization?
According to Weber, what term did he use to describe the change in the way individuals explain the social world due to modernization?
What is the secularisation debate concerned with?
What is the secularisation debate concerned with?
What is the main argument of secularisation in its simplest form?
What is the main argument of secularisation in its simplest form?
What are some examples of how religion has become less powerful and less influential in public life?
What are some examples of how religion has become less powerful and less influential in public life?
Who initiated the debates on secularisation in sociology?
Who initiated the debates on secularisation in sociology?
According to Durkheim, in which type of society was religion tremendously important?
According to Durkheim, in which type of society was religion tremendously important?
What does the term 'collective conscience' refer to?
What does the term 'collective conscience' refer to?
What did Durkheim argue about the importance of shared values and moral beliefs in society?
What did Durkheim argue about the importance of shared values and moral beliefs in society?
