Sociology - AQA Unit Three: Beliefs in Society

Do you use the nelson thornes textbook that I have put a picture up above ^

Cos I just flicked through that and it doesn't have Nanda, or many things...

Nope, i don't have a text book, i'm using a booklet put together by examiners instead. It has a fair bit on nanda, but I don't understand any of it seeing as we didn't go through it in class :/
I didn't even realise it was so important till tonight :/

Second that.

Also, could you PM a copy of that booklet if it's online?

I only have a hard copy, sorry!

Anyone else strggle with introductions, if not can people advice me?? thanks

Weve just been taught to define whatever it is youre going to talk about e.g. secularisation, globalisation, NRMs etc. Dont conclude in the intro (sounds stupid but its tempting to do it), and dont repeat the same things in the conclusion x

yeah I've been taught that too but still hasnt helped lol!
i was good at them in AS but now i'm rubbish lol

Maybe youre stressing too much about them, aslong as you include a definition or something of that sort, im sure you will be fine!

so, I read over the nanda stuff again, and it's still not making sense any help?

Nanda basically says that typically, science = rationalisation which = secularisation, but in India, the opposite has happened and the scientific middle-classes are now MORE religious than the people of India that are from rural backgrounds.

The explanation according to Nanda is that the increase of wealth due to the scientific education makes the middle-classes feel uneasy because they're Hindu and Hinduism traditionally is unmaterialistic. So, they become more religious instead of secular because they're worried about 'betraying' Hinduism and to legitimise their new found wealth and role in capitalism, they have reinterpreted bits of their own religion (through things like tele-gurus and paying for religious rituals) to give them "spiritual balance" - so they can carry on being Hindu and still allows them to continue with being wealthier and more scientific.

Hope that helps!

thank you so much!

you say for fundementalism, Giddens sees fundementalism and cosmopolitanism. and link that into Bruce who sees the main cause of fundementalism is because traditional religions are under threat by globalisation....
(This can then bring you to cultural defence)
make an example about the pro-Western regime for Iran they became the focus for resistance to change and to the Shah but they turned to religion and held state power to keep the Shah with the Islamic Shari's Law. You could also put in the example of the Koran which happened about 6 months ago...
(this can be linked to Clash of civilisation)
you can talk about 9/11 in America and 7/7 in London. Also how thay are building a Mosque next to the World trade Centre ....
is that useful???