Sociology of religion
Proposed to be offered next in 1996
Neville Knight
8 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: SCY1050 and SCY1060
Religion and sociology. Religion - sword or sacred canopy. The functions of religion in society. The development of religion in primitive and modern societies. Religious experience. Religion and social inequality. Religious change and social change. Protestantism and the development of capitalism. The church-sect typology of religious groups. Religion and secularisation. The religious factor in Australian life. The concept of membership applied to a religious group such as a church.
Assessment
Written (6000 words): 60% * Examinations (2 hours): 40%
Prescribed texts
Wilson B Religion in sociological perspective OUP, 1982