Basic PowerPoint Presentation, designed for whole-class use, that identifies Barker’s 6 characteristics of New Religious Movements. The concept of New Religious Movements was initially developed,
Although the secularisation debate in sociology has a number of different dimensions, involving arguments over issues like sacralisation, desacralisation, resacralisation, post-secularisation, religious fundamentalism and the
The second batch of a-level revision booklets covers that ever-popular topic, theory and methods. As with previous offerings, both design and content can, at times,
When looking at power relationships within families there are a number of fairly-obvious areas – such as domestic labour and violence (both physical and sexual)
The third chapter in our trawl through the murky waters of organised (and disorganised, come to that) religion looks at the relationship between religion and
As you may have noticed I’m quite attached to the idea of lists, so this second “list post” (did you see what I did there?)
While mnemonics are not everyone’s favourite hot beverage I’ve always found them a very useful memory device – and I’m particularly fond of CAGE (Class,
This is the second of a two-part series looking at the relationship between modernity, postmodernity and the development of sociological theory. If you want to
Background We can illustrate the idea of cultural learning (and show how the concepts of roles, values and norms are inter-related into the bargain) using
This is the first part of a two-part series looking at the relationship between modernity, postmodernity and the development of sociological theory. In Part 1