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o Could be linked to religion in terms of being responsible
Bruce
(1995)
o Membership to sects is similar to church attendance
o Ratio - for every man there're 2 women (1:2)
o Could be because women are more likely to suffer deprivation than
men
o This'll make evangelical goals (going to heaven, getting God's
strength) more attractive
Many new ages emphasise 'going back to nature' - simple caring
existence
They stress herbal remedies etc. women find these soothing in an
aggressive world
Postmodernism
Key ideas:
o Postmodernism argues that the 'old' sociological search for grand
objective explanations of social behaviour is pointless
o Suggest that there are no 'meta-narratives', no absolute truths
o Only values in society are the relative values
o Old certainties are lost, there're now many ideologies to choose
from, society is now more fractured
o There's a move away from traditional forms of belief & behaviour
o People now select their lifestyle, beliefs, leisure etc.
o Also a strong emphasis on consumerism & also experience rather than
the achievement of aims
Impact on religion:
o Religion is therefore unlikely to promote social cohesion that
functionalist suggest
o It's not going to operate in the way Marxists argue - more personal,
more privatised - DIY/pick and mix
o People are more open to new ideas, perhaps explaining the growth of
NRNs
o Nature of religion shifts according to the needs of people in
different social contexts
o People & society has come to terms with the existence of many
different ways to see the world