Church Attendance Through the Ages
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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

  • 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?

  • 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?

  • Pre-industrial societies (correct)
  • Industrial societies
  • Post-industrial societies
  • Pluralistic societies

    • What did Durkheim argue that religion transmitted in pre-industrial societies?

    <p>Social values</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of the population regularly attended a church service on a Sunday in 2015?

    <p>5%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of weddings took place in church in 1971?

    <p>60%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happened to the number of weddings held in church between 1971 and 2012?

    <p>It halved</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Terry Sanderson, what services are people increasingly abandoning the church for?

    <p>Naming ceremonies, celebration of life parties, and humanist funerals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Emile Durkheim, what are the two completely separate parts that religious beliefs divide the world into?

    <p>The sacred and the profane</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three distinctive levels of analysis that are important to address when discussing religion and secularisation?

    <p>Religious practice/function, religious organization, religious thought/belief</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Wilson, what has been happening to the importance of religion in the UK since the 1960s?

    <p>The importance of religion has been declining</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Durkheim, what does the totemic emblem symbolize?

    <p>God and society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Durkheim argue that people worship society when they worship God?

    <p>Because society is more important and powerful than the individual</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What function does religion perform for society, according to Durkheim?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Durkheim believe would happen without shared values and moral beliefs? (WRONG ANSWER ONLY)

    <p>No religious rituals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to critics, what is one reason Durkheim's study of Aboriginal groups may be misleading?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the percentage of the population that attended church before industrialization, according to the text?

    <p>40%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Durkheim, what is the main concern regarding the process of industrialization and urbanization?

    <p>The decline of religious ties in rural communities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Weber, what is the term used to describe the change in the way individuals explain the social world due to modernization?

    <p>Disenchantment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Bryan Wilson, how does he define secularization?

    <p>The process whereby religious thinking, practices, and institutions lose their social significance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Peter Berger, what is secularization?

    <p>The process by which sectors of society and culture are removed from the domination of religious institutions and symbols</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three distinctive levels of analysis in relation to religion and secularization, as mentioned by Wilson?

    <p>Religious practice/function, religious organization, religious thought/belief</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Wilson, what does secularization refer to in the UK since the 1960s?

    <p>The decline in the importance of religion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What evidence suggests that secularization is occurring in the UK?

    <p>Church attendance and affiliation statistics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Durkheim, what does the totemic emblem symbolize?

    <p>The sacred qualities of clan members</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Durkheim argue about the symbol of the totem?

    <p>It represents both God and society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the secularisation debate, what does secularisation mean?

    <p>The decline of religion in society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two parts into which the argument of secularisation can be broken down?

    <p>Religion's declining importance in private lives and in public life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one example of religion becoming less powerful and influential in public life?

    <p>Laws passed by governments no longer reflect religious values</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who initiated the debates on secularisation in sociology?

    <p>The founding fathers of sociology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Durkheim, in which type of society was religion tremendously important?

    <p>Smaller, less pluralistic pre-industrial societies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the founding fathers of sociology concerned with in the secularisation debate?

    <p>The role, functions, and importance of religion in society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of the population regularly attended a church service on a Sunday in the 1960s?

    <p>40%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of the population regularly attended a church service on a Sunday in 2015?

    <p>5%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of weddings took place in church in 1971?

    <p>60%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Terry Sanderson, what services are people increasingly abandoning the church for?

    <p>Naming ceremonies, celebration of life parties and humanist funerals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Emile Durkheim, what are sacred objects?

    <p>Symbols that inspire feelings of great respect and awe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Durkheim, what was the role of religion in small-scale societies?

    <p>To reinforce social control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Bryan Wilson define secularisation?

    <p>The process whereby religious thinking, practices, and institutions lose their social significance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three distinctive levels of analysis in relation to religion and secularisation, as mentioned by Wilson?

    <p>Religious practice/function, religious organization, religious thought/belief</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Durkheim suggest about the worship of society?

    <p>People worship society when they worship God</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Weber, what term did he use to describe the change in the way individuals explain the social world due to modernization?

    <p>Disenchantment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the secularisation debate concerned with?

    <p>The role of religion in society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main argument of secularisation in its simplest form?

    <p>Religion is less important in individuals' private lives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some examples of how religion has become less powerful and less influential in public life?

    <p>Laws no longer reflect religious values; education has been secularized; religious leaders have less influence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who initiated the debates on secularisation in sociology?

    <p>The founding fathers of sociology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Durkheim, in which type of society was religion tremendously important?

    <p>Smaller, less pluralistic pre-industrial societies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'collective conscience' refer to?

    <p>Shared moral beliefs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Durkheim argue about the importance of shared values and moral beliefs in society?

    <p>They are necessary for social order and social control.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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