Overview
Description
This course provides students with an introduction to the sociology of religion, including social scientific explanations for what religion is and does, how it is connected with attitudes about right and wrong, and how it intersects with a variety of other social dimensions and issues in ways that sometimes enable and sometimes challenge social inequalities.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Terms
spring
Core
CO10, CO12
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate an understanding of how religious beliefs, practices, and the boundaries surrounding them operate from a social scientific perspective.
- explain how religion intersects with a diverse range of other social dimensions (e.g., race, gender, nationality, political affiliation, sexual orientation, etc.) to shape society and the lives of those living within it.
- describe the role of religion in promoting both equity and inequalities.
- identify religious sources of morality and ethical values, as well as how they shape social attitudes and behaviors.