SCY2132

Sociology of religion

Robert Wolfgramm

8 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Peninsula
* Prerequisites: First-year SCY sequence or equivalent

Objectives On completion of this subject students should have obtained a clearer understanding of relationship between religion and society; acquired a set of social-theoretical perspectives useful for analysing religion; gained an appreciation of the functions of religious phenomena at both individual and society levels; come to a recognition of the historical impacts of religious forms and practices on culture and society.

Synopsis The `religious', `social' and `scientific'; religious persons and experiences; religious organisations and ideologies; religion and indigenity; religion and the state; sectarian religion; religious syncretism and social change.

Assessment Essay (2500 words): 40%
* Research report (2500 words): 40%
* Test (1 hour): 20%

Prescribed text

Kurtz L Gods in the global village Pine Forge, 1995