Sociology Paper 2 - Beliefs: Religious Organisations and New Religious Movements

This pack contains TWO Lesson

Lesson1 - Religious Organisation and NRMs - accompanied by a 28 page booklet
Lesson 2 - The Growth of NRMs - just the PowerPoint

Lesson 2 - The Growth of NRMs is FREE - the lesson is an older version and does not have a booklet. However, the content is great and the lesson is of a high standard.

**Lesson 1 covers:

Starter / session 1 -
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Students are given an New Religious Movement - they then are to work in small groups to research the NRM in preparation for class presentations. - you are free to adapt and use this task as you see fit.

RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS
ERNST TROELTSCH ‘Sects and Churches’

Richard Neibuhr Denominations and Cults

Each type of religious organisation is then explored in more detail:

• Sects
• Case study: The People’s Temple
• Denominations
  • Case study data included in PP
  • Cults

NRMS / New Religious Movements

World Rejecting
World Accomidating
World Affirming

Evaluation of Wallis’ perspective

Stark and Bainbrigde- Cults and Sects

Definitions provided for CULT / Sect, and examples
Audience Cults
Client Cults
Cultic Movements - Scientology mini-case study

Assessment:

The lesson / booklet contain several consolidation and revision activities.

There is a 10-mark assessment attached to this PowerPoint/content that teachers can set as an in-class or homework assignment.

Lesson 2 - Growth of NRMS covers:

Margninality
Relative Deprivation
Social Change
Self-identity
The Dynamics of NRMS / How they Grow
The Protestant effect
Death of the leader

Stark / Bainbridge - The Sectarian Cycle
Schism
Initial Fervour
Denominatioanlism
Establishment
Further Schism
Conversionist Sect
Adventist Sect
Globalisation
post-Modernity
individuals
Consumerism

Heelas - New Age & Modernity

source of Identity
Sense of certainty in a time of anomie