Religion and Society | Humanities & Social Sciences

Religion and Society

Course Number: 
HSL676
LTP structure: 
3-0-0
Discipline: 
Sociology
Credit: 
3.0

Pre-requisite

N/A

Course Objective

The course introduces students to the study of religion in contemporary society. It addresses the constitution of religion as an epistemological and cognitive category. The course covers sociological, anthropological, philosophical and psychological approaches to religious belief and practice. Key themes include: religious boundaries, identity, conversion, syncretism, ritual, ethics, symbols, nationalism, secularism, conflict and change in the context of South Asian religions.

Course Content

Theoretical approaches to the study of religion, sacred space and time, the constitution of religion as epistemology and cognitive category, religious belief and practice, secularism, syncretism, secularization, everyday ethics, symbols, religion and modernity, religious marketplace, individualism and rational choice, religious conversion, identity and change.

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