Religion and Age
This post presents an examination of the relationship between religious belief, religious participation and age. Younger people tend to be […]
Sociology key terms
Sociology key terms
Zygmunt Bauman – Postmodernity and Religion
In modernity, ethics was simply a matter of following a set of prescribed rules already laid down by institutions such
Religion and Conflict: The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Crusade Against Neoliberalism….
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, seems to be firmly against corporate greed and Tory neoliberal policies which allow Corporations
Sociology key terms
Why are girls unhappier than boys?
Girls are unhappier than boys, and they have been getting progressively more miserable since 2009, at least according to the
Types of Religious Organisation: The Sect
According to Troeltsch, the Sect is basically the opposite of The Church…. Key characteristics of sects according to Troeltsch… According
Types of Religious Organisation: The Denomination
H.R. Niebuhr (1929) was the first sociologist to distinguish between a church and a denomination. His distinction was based on
Types of Religious Organisation: The Church
Ernst Troeltsch (1931) used the term ‘church’ to refer to a large, hierarchically organised religious institutions with an inclusive, universal
Religion, secularization, Sociology key terms
Religious Pluralism: Evidence of Secularization?
Durkheim’s view of religion implied that a truly religious society could only have one religion in that society. In Durkheim’s
Sociology key terms
What is Normal?
The concepts of ‘normal’, and ‘normality’, and the question of what counts as ‘normal behaviour’ has long been of interest
What is Secularization?
A simple definition of secularization is the declining importance of religion in a society. Wilson (1966) provided a ‘classic’ definition