Sociology of religion
Proposed to be offered next in 1996
N Knight
8 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: First-year SCY sequence or equivalent
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
One seminar paper (2000 words): 30% * One essay (2000 words): 30% * Test (2 hours): 40%
Prescribed texts
Bouma G D Religion: meaning, transcendence and community in Australia Longman Cheshire, 1992
Wilson B Religion in sociological perspective OUP, 1982