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1
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[GENDER] Who expresses more interest in religion?

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Women.

2
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[GENDER] In 2005, how many men and women went to church?

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Men - 1.6 million

Women - 1.8 million

3
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[GENDER] What does Bruce estimate?

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Twice as many women are involved in sects as men.

4
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[GENDER] What may gender differences in religiosity be due to?

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The way people see God, women see him as a god of love and forgiveness whereas men see him as a god of power and control.

5
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[GENDER] What are Woodhead’s three female responses to religion?

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Home-centred women - traditional Christians.
Jugglers - interested in New Age movements.
Career women - secularised, no time.

6
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[GENDER] What do Glendinning and Bruce argue?

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Women subscribe more to alternative therapies than men.

7
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[GENDER] Give five reasons for women’s higher participation in religion.

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  1. Women are socialised to be obedient, a quality which religion values.
  2. Women are closer to life and death (Greeley).
  3. Women live longer.
  4. Women are more socially, economically and organismically deprived.
  5. Women are more familiar with the natural, like some sects and religions.
8
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[GENDER] What is the recent trend?

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Women are now leaving the church at a faster rate than men.

9
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[GENDER] How did Brown explain the drop in female attendance?

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Christianity is linked with traditional gender roles, which women are now rejecting along with religion that emphasises them.

10
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[GENDER] Why are women more likely to join sects?

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They are more deprived and they are more morally conservative.

11
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[GENDER] Why are women more likely to join cults?

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They are private and individualised and can be practised from within the private sphere of the home, and women are more in touch with their expressive sides.

12
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[GENDER] Why are women attracted to fundamentalism?

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It brings certainty and values women’s traditional roles of wife and mother.

13
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[ETHNICITY] Which group has a higher than average religious participation level?

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Ethnic minorities.

14
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[ETHNICITY] What happens once a group has made the transition to a new society?

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Religion becomes less important and is no longer needed.

15
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[ETHNICITY] What did Johal notice the formation of?

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A ‘Brasian’ identity.

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[ETHNICITY] Give five reasons for ethnic differences in religiosity.

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  1. Immigration from impoverished countries = more religion to begin with.
  2. Cultural defence.
  3. Provides support.
  4. Extended family living arrangements passes down the religiosity.
  5. Respect, obedience and honour that comes from religion is valued.
17
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[ETHNICITY] What does Chryssides argue?

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Ethnic minorities follow one of three paths;
Apostasy - abandoning religion.
Accommodation - fitting religion in.
Renewed vigour - asserting religion more strongly.

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[AGE] Who is more likely to be religious?

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Older people.

19
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[AGE] What are the two exceptions to the pattern?

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Young people are likely to go because they are forced to, and over 65s are less likely to attend due to disability or illness.

20
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[AGE] Why are young people less religious?

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Cultural amnesia, less of a priority, science, religion is restrictive, conflict.

21
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[AGE] What are the reasons that Voas and Crockett suggest for age differences in religiosity?

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The ageing effect - people turn to religion as they get older as they worry about ultimate questions.
The generational effect - each generation is half as religious as the previous one.

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[AGE] Who is more likely to join sects?

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Young adults.

23
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[AGE] Who is more likely to join cults?

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Middle aged people.

24
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[CLASS] Which class attends church more?

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The middle class.

25
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[CLASS] Why are lower class people less religious?

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They have a general distrust of officialdom, alienation, economic deprivation drives them elsewhere.