SOAN 332: Sociology of Religion

Course Calendar

Fall 1996

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Daily Schedule:

Sept 3,5
  • topic: Introduction to the sociology of religion
  • read:: McGuire: chapter 1
  • Sep 10,12
  • topic:Introduction to the sociology of religion [continued]
  • read:Library Packet #1
  • due:Essay A
  • Sep 17,19
  • topic:Understanding Religious Institutions
  • read:McGuire: chapter 2; Library Packet #2
  • due:Essay E
  • Sep 24,26
  • topic:Understanding Religious Institutions [continued]
  • read:Finke & Stark (all)
  • due:Field Trip Report #1
  • Oct 1,3
  • topic:Understanding Religious Institutions [continued]
  • read:Case Study (library); McGuire: chapter 4
  • due:Case Study Report; Essay D
  • Oct 10
  • NO CLASS
  • Oct 15,17
  • topic:Religious Meaning Systems
  • read:McGuire: chapters 2 & 3
  • due:Essays B & C; Interview Report #1
  • Oct 22,24
  • topic:Religious Meaning Systems [continued]
  • read:Davidman (all); Flynn (all)
  • due:Field Trip Report #2
  • Oct 29,31
  • topic:The Dynamics of Meaning and Institutionalization
  • read:Warner (all)
  • Nov 5,7
  • topic:The Dynamics of Meaning and Institutionalization [continued]
  • read:Warner (all)
  • due:Essay I
  • Nov 12,14
  • topic:Religion, Communalism & Nationalism
  • read:McGuire: chapter 6; Library Packet #3
  • due:Essay F; Field Trip Report #3
  • Nov 19,21
  • topic:Religion and Social Change
  • read:McGuire: chapter 7; Flynn (reread); Library Packet #4
  • due:Essay G
  • Nov 26
  • NO CLASS
  • Dec 3,5
  • topic:Religion and Late Modernity
  • read:McGuire: chapter 8; Library Packet #5
  • due:Essay H; Interview Report #2; Field Trip Report #4
  • Dec 11-15 (Exact date TBA)
  • FINAL
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