14 Questions
According to the Secularization Thesis, religion and human development have a strong positive relationship.
False
Secularization involves a growing separation between secular and religious activities in society.
True
According to Claude Saint-Simon, the 'feudal-theological system' is being replaced by a new social order based on agricultural classes.
False
Auguste Comte predicted the rise of a new religion based on humanism and science.
True
According to Berger, the world is less religious now than ever before.
False
Grace Davie introduced the concept of 'believing without belonging' to describe vicarious religion.
True
Paul Heelas argued that the 'holistic milieu' embraces science and modernity.
False
One example of religious explanations for life events mentioned in the text is the increase in gambling due to the concept of luck/fate.
True
Peter Berger considered the sacred canopy unchallenged until the 90s.
False
The decline of vast theories such as Marxism and Freud's theories was due to their falsifiability according to Peter Berger.
False
Secularization theories argue that religion has completely disappeared from modern society.
False
Peter Berger's work 'The Social Construction of Reality' was co-authored with Luckman.
True
Desecularization reflects agnosticism and ambivalence towards religion.
False
The secularization thesis posits that religion no longer influences human behavior.
False
Explore the concept of desecularization and the influence of religion in the modern world, with a particular focus on critiques by scholars like José Casanova and Grace Davie. Delve into the reappreciation of religion post-Berger's 'Sacred Canopy' and the role of public religion in contemporary society.
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