Secularisation and new religious activity (20)

• Wilson= said we can see UK secularisation through church attendance. Which went from 1.6 in 1960s million to 0.8 million in 2013
• Bruce supported Weber by saying this is a result of industrialisation and geographical mobility undermining religious believability
• Globalisation has increased religious diversity and choice

  Hervieu- léger= pilgrims and converts

  Davie= believing without belonging means religion is private and hard to record
• New age

  Bellah= shelaism and increase in personalized religion

  Lyon= new age is attractive due to focus on self fulfillment
• Counter=not secular typical religion is just harder to record due to increase in online communities (Hoover et Al found online religion supplemented for in person attendance)