Mar 29, 2024  
University Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 
    
University Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SOCI 4040 - Sociology of Religion (3)


Prerequisites: SOCI 2100  or SOCI 2000 . Religion is a major social institution, an agent of social change and a mechanism of social control. While cross-cultural differences in religiosity will be explored, an analysis of the U.S. religious economy is also provided. Issues addressed over the semester include: major classical and contemporary sociological paradigms, congregational analysis, religiosity, religious socialization, the sociology of the Black Church, secularization, and ecological analysis.


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