Use Sources F and G, and your own knowledge, to explain why some people came to see the 1960s as a period of bad influences on British society.
Use Sources F and G, and your own knowledge, to explain why some people came to see the 1960s as a period of bad influences on British society. In both sources F and G there are facts implying that some people believed that the 1960s was 'a period of bad influences on British society'. Source F is an extract from an article in the Daily Mail. It is a primary source as it was published on 25th May 1964. There are many issues raised in this article that suggest there were bad influences in the 1960's. The source is primarily based upon the actions of Mary Whitehouse and her thoughts on the 'Bad influences' of television. Firstly she believed that Christian writers found it very difficult to get their work screened on BBC TV. This suggests that the BBC were disregarding the more traditional and religious television programmes and therefore 'good and clean' television were not being shown on TV. Instead provocative behaviour was being promoted by the BBC as the traditional programmes which used to be screened before in the 1950s were taken off air and replaced with new shows which promoted the wrong behaviour. All of these issues were the views of Mary Whitehouse. Mary Whitehouse thought that things were getting so bad that she resorted to set up a campaign 'Women of Britain Clean Up TV Campaign'. This suggests that there must have been 'Bad influences' as she had to take
Describe, analyse and explain the variety of specifically religious programmes on the four terrestrial TV channels.
Religion and the Media Question (a) (i) - Describe, analyse and explain the variety of specifically religious programmes on the four terrestrial TV channels. With the advent of television broadcasting, all the television-broadcasting companies were expected to show programmes with a religious theme. These were mostly aired on Sundays, and were aimed at regular Christian worshippers. Religious broadcasting now is aimed at a different audience, due to the decline in numbers of churchgoers. The target audience is the vaguely religious, although there are still programmes for the committed followers. Religious broadcasts are still shown today for a number of reasons: * 80% of the UK still believes in God. * Congregation numbers, although declining, are still sizable. * Religious and moral issues often generate interest in a broader audience than purely religious people. * Television should cater for all interests. * There is a duty to update people on important topics, of which religion is one. Each television company is required to devote a certain quantity of religious broadcasts per year. BBC 1 shows 80 hours, BBC 2 20 hours, ITV 100 hours, Channel 4 52 hours and Channel 5 approximately 50 hours. There is such a small amount because British Society has an increasingly diverse ethnicity; meaning less people are inclined to watch specifically Christian broadcasts. The
A Philosophical Analysis of Religious Experience.
A Philosophical Analysis of Religious Experience. ' A religious experience is a non-empirical occurrence, and may even be perceived as supernatural. A religious experience can be described as a 'mental event' which is undergone by an individual, and of which that person is aware. Such an experience can be spontaneous, or it ay be brought about as a result of intensive training and self discipline.' This is one definition of the term religious experience, however there are many varied definitions, which can conjure up slight confusion and different philosophers, have different definitions making the overall definition very vague. 'Religious experiences are perceived by many people as experiences of the supernatural, for example like heaven, angels or even God.' The religious experience argument is a classic a posteriori argument, which seeks to establish of the Divine, or the other that God or some transcendent reality does, indeed exist. The argument from religious experience starts from the premises that all our knowledge of the world relies upon existence. As a result of this assumption, religious experiences should be given the same basic validity as other sorts of experiences. Therefore, because of this, people claiming to have experiences of God s, angels and miracles, should be believed. The Alister Hardy Research Centre in Manchester was set up to, 'make a
Why did the Taliban refuse to give up bin laden? Why did they treat Afghan women so poorly? Why did so many Afghan schools close when the Taliban took control?
Why did the Taliban refuse to give up bin laden? Why did they treat Afghan women so poorly? Why did so many Afghan schools close when the Taliban took control? In 1996 Osama Bin Laden moved back to Afghanistan. He established a close relation with Mullah Omar, the head of Taliban, and threw his support behind the Taliban. Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban regime have a close alliance on which both depend for their continued existence. They also share the same religious values and vision and both are radical and extremist. Osama Bin Laden has provided the Taliban regime with troops, arms, and money to fight the northern alliance. He is closely involved with Taliban military training, planning, and operations. He also has representatives in the Taliban military command structure. So we can see that bin laden and Taliban is closely related to one another which is the main reason that Taliban has refused to give up bin laden. The other two reasons that Taliban refused to give up bin laden are religious and family reason. I have already mentioned that both share same religious values and both are radical and extremist. Taliban believes that it is against their religion if they hand over the person who are in their protection. According to them, it is their duty to protect bin laden because he came there to seek protection from Taliban. Another reason the Taliban refuse to give up
Modern Britain is now a secular society. To what extent do sociological arguments and evidence agree with this view?
Sarah Lee 13L Mrs. Evans 30th October Modern Britain is now a secular society. To what extent do sociological arguments and evidence agree with this view? Primarily it is important to classify what secularisation is. Bryan Wilson (1966) described it as 'the process where by religious thinking, practise and institutions lose social significance' but this is not universally accepted. Some sociologists believe Wilson's secularisation thesis however some disagree. It is difficult to quantify secularisation but Wilson has attempted to do so by measuring church attendance. The 1851 census noted that 40% of the adult population regularly attended church in comparison to 8.2% in 1997 and the number of people who attend religious ceremonies such as baptism and funerals has also dramatically decreased. Wilson argues that this is clear evidence of secularisation. Bellah, an interpretivist sociologist, questions the validity of such statistics because people who attend church are not necessarily practising religious belief. Religion is a private matter and can consequently not be scientifically measured. Grace Davie (1995) seconds this view suggesting that secularisation needs to separate believing and belonging. She argues that religion in the UK is characterised by believing without belonging and that belonging without believing could be the case for church attendance. Critics
'In a multi-faith society religious people should not try to convert followers of other religions'
'In a multi-faith society religious people should not try to convert followers of other religions' In order to understand this argument fully, we have to look at it from different perspectives. In a multi-faith society, everyone should have religious freedom, and there should be religious pluralism: all religions are accepted as having equal right to co-exist. However sometimes, these two things collide. For example, all Christians believe that people should have religious freedom, but they also believe that it is their duty to convert others because it was Jesus' command. Nonetheless by converting non-Christians, it implies that Christianity view other religions as inferior, which disrupts the idea of religious pluralism. On the other hand, by not performing their believes, i.e. listening to God and converting others, it would mean that they won't have complete religious freedom. Other religious, such as Sikhism does not think that conversion of other is compulsory, because most Sikhs believe "all religions are true and are only different paths to the same truth". Nevertheless some Sikhs believe that only Sikhism has the whole truth. Personally, I agree that religious people shouldn't convert followers of other religions, because for a multi-faith society to work, no-one should feel compelled to choose their religion - this would damage the concept of religious freedom.
What Christians believe about life is up to them. They should not try to make others accept their position" Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer showing you have considered more that one point of view
Year 10 GCSE Coursework Task "What Christians believe about life is up to them. They should not try to make others accept their position" Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer showing you have considered more that one point of view Agree Everyone should have the right to make their own minds up on issues such as abortion without having others people's views forced upon us. Most people now believe in autonomy, were you have total control over your own life. In Britain today we are living in a secular society, which means we are a non-religious community. Only a small percentage of people in England are Christians so why should they decide what is right. Disagree There is nothing wrong with trying to influence what other people believe. At the end of the day, they do not have to listen to you. They do not have to listen to you but at least you know, as a Christian, that you have tried to help them. Even if they do not take any notice. Christians are called upon to go out and preach their message to the whole of the world. In Mark 16:9-20, Jesus said to his disciples to, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all of creation. Whoever does not believe will be condemned". If they did not try to influence others then they would be going against God. But trying to influence others, you are showing that you love them. In Mark 12: 31-32, Jesus said that the
Religious Studies: Describe the variety of specifically religious programmes on the four main television channels
When television first started in the 1920's there was a large influence on religion. There are a variety of religious programmes that are broadcasted over the four main television channels. The first of which is the service type, "Sunday Service" and "Songs of Praise." "Sunday Service" recites different hymns, prayers and readings from religious books (Bible). Both programmes celebrate Christmas and Easter with great enthusiasm. "Songs of Praise" is aimed at adult Christians who enjoy hymns. It is more popular than "My Favourite Hymns" as it is brighter and more modern. However, people might not like it if they are not Christian and others may think it's too modern, and not traditional enough. The second type is magazine. An example of this type is "The Heaven and Earth Show" which is broadcasted on BBC1. This programme shows life with a spiritual twist. It tackles current issues from the point of different religions, e.g. the attack on the world trade centre, and how it made people question their faith. It also covers unusual religious issues, like a football playing Muslim girl, a topic that was featured in the recent film, "Bend it like Beckham." The programme is aimed at adults who are interested in religion or current affairs. Many may like this show as it raises issues that will interest a lot of people and may give them greater faith in their religion. The
Assess the sociological for / against view of secularisation occurring.
Assess the sociological for/against view of secularisation occurring (2000). Although sociologists have disputed whether religion encourages or inhibits social change, most agree that changes in society will lead to changes in religion. Furthermore, many have claimed that social change would lead to the weakening or even disappearance of religion. In the nineteenth century it was widely believed that industrialisation and the growth of scientific knowledge would lead to secularisation, which very broadly can be defined as the process of religious decline. Functionalist Durkheim did not agree that religion was 'doomed' to total obsolescence. He once commented that there was 'something eternal in religion' (Durkheim, 1961). Nevertheless, he did anticipate that religion would be of declining social significance. In an industrial society in which there was a highly specialised division of labour, religion would lose some of its importance as a force for integrating society. Social solidarity would increasingly be provided by the education system rather than the sort of religious rituals associated with the more 'simple societies'. Weber too anticipated a progressive reduction in the importance of religion. He thought that in general people would act less in terms of emotions and in line with tradition, and more in terms of the rational pursuit of goals.
Analyse and explain the ways in which a religious or moral issue of concern to christians has been dealt with in a television soap opera or the national daily press?
Aii) Analyze and explain the ways in which a religious or moral issue of concern to Christians has been dealt with in a television soap opera or the national daily press? Since the 1950s, soap operas have appeared on British television screens. During the mid-1950s, soap operas dominated late morning and early afternoon weekend television programming. When soap operas first began, they were usually based on middle-class families living in small towns, showing how good always triumphed. By the 1970s, soap operas had undergone a revolution. The started to include open discussion on abortion, drug abuse, wife abuse, suicide and so on. Even characters of various racial and ethnic backgrounds were introduced to what was once an all-white, Anglo-Saxon population. I have decided to analyze and explain the way forgiveness in Christianity has been dealt with in the television soap opera: Eastenders. Eastenders is a BBC production first broadcasted in 1985. It is watched by a little less than a third of the British population, by more women than men. It has become particularly popular amongst teenagers. Buckingham states that 'much of their fascination - and particularly that of the younger children - arose from its inclusion of aspects of adult life from which they were normally "protected"'. The programme makers regard it as a 'slice of life'. The producer Julia Smith reported