by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Ideology & Science
Pseudo-science is a method, belief or practice that claims to be scientific. Each of the following was for a long time called a science, but each has since been rejected by the scientific community: phrenology; chiromancy; astrology. In a group of three, each person...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Ideology & Science
Where scientists set out to prove a statement wrong. Communism; universalism; disinterestedness; organised scepticism – all are norms to which scientists must adhere when pursuing scientific knowledge. It cannot be overturned by evidence because the believers accept...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Religious Organisations
What types of New Age thinking, therapies and objects have you come across? In groups, design a simple questionnaire asking people about their religious beliefs and about whether they believe in any aspects of New Age thinking. Find out if respondents have used any...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Religious Organisations
Women have often had a leadership role in religious sects and cults. In small groups, search for information about one of the following women. Each has been a visionary, founder or leader of the movement concerned. How far do these examples of women in leadership...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Religious Organisations
Discuss these two questions in pairs. How might the ideas of ‘fragmentation’ and ‘consumer choice’ be used to argue that the growth of sects is simply one more postmodernist aspect of today’s society? How could you argue the case for the New Age simply representing a...