MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


RLT2131

Sociology of religion

Neville Knight

8 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites: SCY1050 and SCY1060

Synopsis 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%

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