'The world today is as furiously religious as ever it was and in some cases more so' to what extent is this statement supported.

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Sociology Mock Exam

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 ‘The world today is as furiously religious as ever it was and in some places more so’. This statement rejects the idea of secularisation and claims that religion is just as highly supported as it ever was and in some cultures it’s on the rise. Many writers and sociologists have pointed out that secularisation tended to be seen in terms of decline of organised established churches in western industrialised countries, rather than the east of the globe. They also state however if one looks at the world globally, then religion is as overwhelming and dominant force as ever.

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Berger (1997) one of the foremost advocates of secularisation during the 1960’s has formally retracted his claims, ‘the world today with some exceptions is as furiously religious as it ever was and in some places more so than ever’. Stephen Moore (2009) said that religious revival among Christians in the USA, Jewish people in Israel, and Muslims throughout the world has gone unexplained by proponents of the secularisation thesis.

Stark and Bainbridge also rejected secularisation and used a ‘Euro Centric theory’, which means that they feel secularisation statistics are only carried out in Europe, because of there is a ...

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