Identify and briefly explain three reas
Identify and briefly explain three reasons why the New Christian Right might have failed to achieve its aims (9marks)
The New Christian Right is a politically and morally conservative, protestant fundamentalist movement. The aims are extremely ambitious as they wish to make abortion, homosexuality and divorce illegal. They want to turn back to a time before liberalisation of American culture and society began. The New Christian Right may have failed to achieve its aims because the group lacked wide spread support. They also had a strong opposition from groups who stand for freedom of choice, e.g. Planned Parenthood and People for the American Way. Another reason why the New Christian Right might have failed is that its campaigners found it difficult to cooperate with people from other religious groups, even if they were campaigning on the same issue such as abortion. Another reason is that the group was, at most, 15% of the population, meaning it was never a majority and never really had many members.
Using material from Item A and elsewhere assess the contribution of religion to social change.
Sociologists look to explain the contribution of religion in social change movements such as the black civil rights movement which is said to have come about with the assistance of the church. However it is also argued that there was little contribution or none from religion that actually made a difference towards social change, therefore religion is also argued to be a conservative force.
From item A I can see that sociologists have found many examples which show that religion can play an important part in bringing about social change. One example is Webers study of Calvinism. Religion has been viewed to be a powerful force for change and plays an important part. Weber used his study of Calvinism to explain how religious ideas can be a powerful motivation for change. Weber argues that the religious beliefs of Calvinism helped to bring about social change to northern
The New Christian Right is a politically and morally conservative, protestant fundamentalist movement. The aims are extremely ambitious as they wish to make abortion, homosexuality and divorce illegal. They want to turn back to a time before liberalisation of American culture and society began. The New Christian Right may have failed to achieve its aims because the group lacked wide spread support. They also had a strong opposition from groups who stand for freedom of choice, e.g. Planned Parenthood and People for the American Way. Another reason why the New Christian Right might have failed is that its campaigners found it difficult to cooperate with people from other religious groups, even if they were campaigning on the same issue such as abortion. Another reason is that the group was, at most, 15% of the population, meaning it was never a majority and never really had many members.
Using material from Item A and elsewhere assess the contribution of religion to social change.
Sociologists look to explain the contribution of religion in social change movements such as the black civil rights movement which is said to have come about with the assistance of the church. However it is also argued that there was little contribution or none from religion that actually made a difference towards social change, therefore religion is also argued to be a conservative force.
From item A I can see that sociologists have found many examples which show that religion can play an important part in bringing about social change. One example is Webers study of Calvinism. Religion has been viewed to be a powerful force for change and plays an important part. Weber used his study of Calvinism to explain how religious ideas can be a powerful motivation for change. Weber argues that the religious beliefs of Calvinism helped to bring about social change to northern