Religion - secularisation

Question 1

1851 census of religious worship

Answer 1

fewer people going to church
average age of church goes increasing
decline in baptism, Sunday school attendance, church weddings
more religious diversity

Question 2

What % of adults attended church in 2015?

Answer 2

5%

Question 3

What percentage of weddings dropped between 1971 and 2021?

Answer 3

60% to 30%

Question 4

Who said Boggus baptisms and what is it?

Answer 4

Penman - Non religious parents are baptising their children to access high achieving faith schools

Question 5

Changes of clergy

Answer 5

Catholics priest declined by 1/3, and only 12% of Anglian clergy are under 40

Question 6

Change in % of British social attitudes survey

Answer 6

in 1983 - 30% had no religion
in 2015 - 50% had no religion

Question 7

Who argued rationalisation was a cause for secularisation?

Answer 7

Max weber - western society had developed rational, scientific thinking. Enlightenment to disenchantment, the world is no longer explained by magic and supernatural, which weakened the belief.

Question 8

Who backed webers view for rationalisation

Answer 8

Bruce - it doesn’t lead to atheists but encourages people to take religious less seriously