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Contemporary sociology – religion in the news

Three very recent examples of news events relevant to the sociology of religion. Austria recently joined the list of European […]

Karl Thompson / December 5, 2018

Lifelines: Notes on Life and Love, Faith and Doubt is a new book published in November 2018 written by Martin

Karl Thompson / November 30, 2018

Karen Armstrong argues that there is no inherent incompatibility between the Western and Islamic world, but sees economic and political

Karl Thompson / November 28, 2018

Samuel P. Huntington sees ‘civilizations’ as the most significant grouping in global society, rather than ‘nation states’, or ‘global religions’,

Karl Thompson / November 23, 2018

Steve Bruce argues that the main causes of Fundamentalism are modernisation and secularisation, but we also need to consider the

Karl Thompson / November 20, 2018

For the purposes of A-level sociology, ‘conservative’ usually has two meanings: Preventing social change Supporting traditional values. We might also

Karl Thompson / November 19, 2018

If sociologists refer to something as being ‘ideological’, they typically mean that it supports powerful groups in society, effectively keeping

Karl Thompson / November 9, 2018

If sociologists refer to religion as being ‘ideological’, they typically mean the beliefs and practices of that religion support powerful

Karl Thompson / November 7, 2018

This is one possible example of a 10 mark ‘with item’ question which could come up in the AQA’s A

Karl Thompson / November 1, 2018

Using material from the item answer the question below Item Numerous surveys on religious belief and church attendance in the