Secularisation debate

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  • Secularisation
    • Wilson’s definitions
      • Religious practice is in decline
      • Religious belief is in decline and this means that the influence these beliefs have is reducing
      • The extent I to which religious institutions are influential is reducing
    • How to measure secularisation
      • Participation levels
      • Belief in society
      • Rationalisation of thought
      • power and influence of organised religions
      • Diversity of belief
    • UK vs USA
      • UK has religious diversity
      • USA is secularised from within
    • Arguments against secularisation- Martin
      • Religious belief is still present in different ways
      • Difficulties with measuring religiosity
        • Believing without belonging
        • Belonging without believing
        • Individuation
        • Attendance and non-attendance rates not reflective of belief
          • Religious belief is still present in different ways
          • Belonging without believing
      • Media has made religion more accessible
    • Defining secularisation
      • The prices by which religious thinking, practices and institutions lose their social significance
  • UK vs USA
    • UK has religious diversity
    • USA is secularised from within

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