Religious Market Theory

This video explains Religious Market Theory. A Level sociology students can use Religious Market Theory to criticise the Secularisation Thesis.
Religious Market Theory argues modern societies are not becoming secular. Stark and Bainbridge (1986) argue the need for religion never disappears because people are ‘naturally’ religious and religion compensates for real world suffering.
They argue when there is a high ‘supply’ of religion to the religious ‘market place’ i.e. society, participation increases! Religious participation has been declining in Europe because historically the supply of religions has been low!
This video explains the theory and x4 four evaluations.
A level sociology students can use this video to revise religious market theory and university students can use it as brief introduction.
The links below are to videos covering different views on the secularisation debate
Evidence/Explanations for Secularisation:
Evidence Against Secularisation:

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[@basssik2828]

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[@onatbayar]

thank u so so so much thats how i get the idea of RMT!

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[@ranakayacan3859]

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[@thesociologytutor2449]

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[@theodixon3298]

Do you know anything about religious market theory applied in post-soviet Russia? I know Paul Froese has written about it, but I wonder if he has any critics.

[@purevdorjjamsran5671]

Thank you a lot. Would you be able to provide a bibliography of the resources you used in your videos?

[@thesociologytutor2449]

Hi Purevdorj, I am planning to add them in the future. Was there a particular video you would like the bibliography for? I could add that straight away.

[@basssik2828]

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