of meaning’ for people today (18marks) Some sociologists would agree with this statement that religion no longer acts as a shared universe of meaning for people today and they explain this using secularisation. The word secular means not sacred‚ not spiritual and not religious therefore secularisation refers to the process of becoming less religious. Woodhead and Heelas identified two versions the disappearance thesis which states that modernity is bringing about the death of religion‚ the significance
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today’s attendance for Christians at their churches‚ it has declined from 100 years ago where church used to be required in society. But now‚ church isn’t a social gathering anymore and people only go there every now and again. As a result of secularisation‚ the opposition of churched to divorce doesn’t matter as much as it used to‚ and therefore people are less like to be influenced by religious teachings when it comes to making decisions. However‚ many churches have begun to soften their views
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| NOUTHETIC COUNSELING:FUNDAMENTALISM IN PASTORAL CARE | | | | Paras Tayade M.Th II Christian Ministry 16/07/2010 Contents Introduction 3 1. Understanding Fundamentalism 3 1.1 Origin of the Fundamentalist Movement 3 1.2 Five Fundamentals of the Fundamentalist Movement 5 1.3 Fundamentalism- Definition 6 2. Nouthetic Counseling 8 2.1 Background to Nouthetic Counseling 8 2.2 Assumptions of Nouthetic Counseling 10 2.2.1. Foundation of Nouthetic counseling 10 2
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Dicuss how aborinal spirituality is determined by the dreaming kinship- kinship ties identify a complex system of beloning and responsibilities within a clan. kinship ties govern the day to day life of the aboriginal people by determining issues from whome an individual is permitted to talk to and marry‚ to determining what are an individual’s responsibility is to other members in the clan. Significance of kinship ties Assign the responsibility to transmit the knowledge of the dreaming
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“Assess the view that cults and sects are only fringe organisations and are inevitably short lived and are of little influence in contemporary society” A fringe organisation is considered to be an organisation set on the edge of modern society which lacks much or any influence. This essay will attempt to examine whether sects and cults are fringe organisations‚ and discuss the factors contributing to this. These results will also be compared with other organisations‚ such as churches and denominations
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issue of marriage in comparison to marriage in the1950’s for example. It’s no longer expected. This means that people now feel free to choose the type of relationship they want without scrutiny or judgement for their choice. The decline of secularisation also contributes to the decline in marriage rates. The Church has always been in favour of couples marrying‚ however less people are practising religion and the influence of the Church is declining too. Without this influence we are again free
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How far would sociologists agree that the increase in divorces rates is a result of changing social attitudes? (12 marks) There is a lot of debate between sociologists about trends in divorce rates and what factors impact them. The most commonly reached conclusion is that there are multiple elements which cause the divorce rate to rise or fall; however‚ some are more significant than others. The divorce rate is the number of divorces per 1000 married people every year. Recent research has
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scale was also strongly correlated to religious fundamentalism‚ or a belief that “there is one set of religious teachings that clearly contains the fundamental truth” about humanity and the ultimate good and evil (Altemeyer & Hunsberger‚ 1992‚ p.118). The study‚ however‚ did not use mortality salience as a way of increasing religious worldview‚ and also did not correspond with prejudice towards race (Goplen & Plant‚
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causing muslim subordination. Seemingly‚ the only response that this society can possibly come to is to modernize as an attempt to “rank up” in the world. It is this fact that has led to the struggle between modernization and what many experts call fundamentalism. Should they reform their society to complement the new modern world‚ or should they hold to their traditions? It is this resistance‚ this struggle between the old and the new that has led to many great conflicts within the muslim world. Though
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40 years (24 marks‚ 10 A01‚ 14 A02) Family and household diversity is the change in patterns among the various family and household types that exist because of factors such as secularisation‚ changes to legislation‚ changes in women’s position‚ changing attitudes In the past 40 years the family structure within the UK has changed quite dramatically for example the number of traditional nuclear families has been steadily declining
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