SOC 482 - The Sociology of Religion

Topics include: comparative religious cultures and beliefs; the social construction of religious beliefs; institutionalized religions and the resurgence of new sects and cults; major world religions and the way religion preserves and changes the social order; the encounter between religion and contemporary developments in science. Secularization and the future of religion.

Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions Requirement.

Prerequisites
SOC 101 and junior or senior standing or permission.

Credits: 3