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religion, renewal and choice
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religion, renewal and choice
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religion, renewal and choice
Postmodernity and religion
Davie: believing without belonging
religion is not declining but taking a more privatised form
B.W.B people hold beliefs but do not go to church
people still use the church for rites of passage
spritual shopping
cultural amnesia - loss of collective memory
religion continues through individual consumerism
people have become spiritual shoppers with 'do it yourself' beliefs
Link to religious consumerism 'pick and mix'
increased equality has reduced peoples need for religion
jesus in disneyland
relocation of religion
globalisation has increased access to new religions
the media lift these out of their contexts and put them into new places and times
Religious consumerism
we construct our identities through what we consume
Pick and mix to meet our needs
religion has relocated to the sphere of consumption
people may have abandoned religious organisations but have no abandoned religion
Re-enchantment of the world
There has been a growth of non-traditional religions
religious market theory
people are naturally religious and they make rational choices based on the costs and benefits of all available religions
religion provides us with super-natural compensators when real rewards are unobtainable.
there is a historical cycle of decline, revival and renewal.
competition leads to improvements in the religious goods on offer
existential security theory
religious market theory fails to explain the variations in religions between societies
level of religious belief depends upon the level of existential security
religion meets a need for security, so insecure groups have strong religious beliefs
explains the differences in religiosity between MEDC's and LEDC's
The USA is an exception, high levels of inequality lead to high religiosity
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