Secularisation | Beliefs in Society | A-Level Sociology

Welcome to this tutor2u sociology topic video on beliefs in society looking at secularization One of the larger issues concerning beliefs in society is the extent to which society is undergoing a process of secularization and how far secularization has spread while secularization is largely associated with in the western world with the period of modernity and the movement towards rational and scientific thinking this is

not the case on a global scale in western europe the period of secularization can be traced back to the enlightenment and accelerated throughout the period from the industrial revolution onwards however it is important to move away from looking at secularization in europe in isolation as not all sociologists agree that society is becoming more secular

in a global context there is much debate over the extent to which society has become more secular we will examine that in future videos however in this video we're going to focus on the reasons behind increased secularization in western society

A number of sociologists have examined the reasons for secularization we're going to concentrate on those in this video firstly the work of max weber and the movement towards rational and scientific thinking brian wilson also examined the process of secularization in both the uk and the usa examining the declining influence of the church

tulka parsons views of secularization focused on the changes to our beliefs that accompany the process of structural differentiation whilst in more contemporary times steve bruce has examined the extent to which individuals have utilized technology and developed independent world views