Decrease in the amount of nuclear families There are several possible reasons for the decrease in the number of nuclear families‚ particularly in the past forty years. This includes rising cohabitation‚ higher divorce rates‚ secularisation‚ rising same sex relationships‚ more career seekers and the rise in feminism. Firstly‚ a nuclear family is a family consisting of a man and woman (usually married) in a sexual relationship with one or more children. One reason for this type of family becoming
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Assess the View That‚ for Minority Ethnic Groups‚ the Practice of Religion and Membership of Religious Groups in Mainly a Form of Cultural Defence (33) An ethnic minority is a group of individuals whose nationality and cultural traditions differ from that of the majority population in a society. Compared to Britain’s main population‚ ethnic groups have been identified to be more religious. The use of religion of these ethnic minorities has been debated‚ with some sociologists arguing that it serves
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the growing secularisation due to individuals questioning religion and its relevance. The 2001 and 2011 census still shows that the UK is predominantly Christian with 71.6% of people‚ who answered the question‚ in 2001 identifying themselves as Christian; the development of religious diversity was emphasised in 2011 when this figure dropped to 59%. Secularisation in the UK is constantly expanding‚ which could explain the decreasing followers of Christianity in the UK. Secularisation originated from
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Introduction. Secularisation has many levels of meaning in theory and in the historical processes This essay will briefly define how advocates of secularization theory defined the concept of secularisation. Then will explain how social changes in different countries associated with process of modernisation are said to cause secularisation. The second part of the essay will consider different points of view on religion using example Princess Diana‚ Sweden and Egypt . Secularisation is concerned
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sociological arguments and evidence support this view? 33 marks The opposing argument to the view that people always need religion is that of secularisation. Defined by Bryan Wilson as ’the process whereby religious beliefs‚ practices and institutions lose social significance’ Wilson notes that Western societies have been undergoing a long-term process of secularisation‚ meaning that religion is no longer needed by all people. Evidence to support this can be seen in Church attendance in Britain which was
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colonists Islam Arrived in 1652 – Dutch settlement in the Cape Judaism 19th century settled from England‚ Germany‚ Holland Hinduism 1860 – Natal Indian Sugar farmers Buddhism Individual travelling in 17th century – but influx from Natal 1860’s Secularisation Generally refers to the transformation by which a society migrates from close identification with religious institutions to a more separated relationship. It is also the name given to a general belief about history‚ namely that the development
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"Anti-Religious Forces: Specific Factors Fuelling Secularisation" by Vexen Crabtree (2003) 1. What do Secular‚ Secularisation‚ and Secularisation Theory Mean? 2. Secularisation Theory 1. The Dalai Lama Defends Secularism as a Way to Respect All Religion 2. S. Bruce Defends Secularisation Theory (1996) 3. Religion in Europe 4. The Defiers of Secularisation 1. What do Secular‚ Secularisation‚ and Secularisation Theory Mean? “...the ongoing‚ growing‚ and powerful
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Society has now entered a postmodern age and we need to understand it. Assess this view. (33marks) Postmodern society is rich in choice‚ freedom and diversity‚ this has caused society to fragment and this has led to secularisation. Postmodernity has caused things such as globalisation. Globalisation refers to the growing interconnectedness of societies. As we are now living in a postmodern society many sociologists believe that we need new theories as traditional theories such as Functionalism
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increase dramatically but the biggest rise in divorce rate was in 1972 when it doubled and was 120‚000. The divorce rate continued to rise and in 1993 reached its peak at 180‚000. There has been explanations for the rise in divorce which are: secularisation‚ changes in law‚ divorce had become cheaper and also changing attitudes in society especially with women as they had begun to receive more rights. By the times divorce had become a lot more socially acceptable. In the 19th Century divorce was
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see the areas that you have missed. Unit1. Marriage/Cohabitation/Separation/Divorce QP: Scly1 Summer 2014 Examine the reasons for changing patterns of marriage and divorce over the last 50 years or so (24marks) MS Concepts and issues: secularisation; rise of feminism; attitude to careers; reconstituted families; cohabitation; confluent love; declining stigma; higher expectations of marriage; remarriage; welfare provision; the ideology of romantic love; privatisation of nuclear families; legislation;
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