Sociology of Religion

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Course ID:	WT-DTE-SDJ
Erasmus code / ISCED:	15.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Sociology of Religion
Name in Polish:	Socjologia religii
Organizational unit:	Institute of General Theology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
(in Polish) Punkty ECTS:
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	enter learning outcome code/codes
Short description:	The aim of the lecture is to present religion as a social phenomenon, as a special subject of study in sociology, in contrast to the theological or religioznawczego recognized religion.
Full description:	The aim of the lecture is to present religion as a social phenomenon, as a special subject of study in sociology, in contrast to the theological or religioznawczego recognized religion. Will be presented an overview of the key concepts of religion and contemporary classics of sociology major sociological theories of religion. We will review the key terms and concepts of sociology of religion (like types of religious organizations, the sacred and the profane). Will be presented concepts of secularization and desacralization of religion in society (post) modern. Religion is also shown as an empirical reality, which is the subject of sociological research; will be presented the results of quantitative and qualitative research on Polish religiousness both traditional period of transformation of social-political, and recent times.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Literatura podstawowa: Adamski F., (red.), Socjologia religii, Kraków 2011. I. Borowik (red.), Oblicza religii i religijności, Kraków 2008. Piwowarski W. (red.), Socjologia religii: antologia tekstów, Kraków 1988. Literatura uzupełniająca: Barker E., Nowe ruchy religijne, Kraków 1997. Berger P., Święty baldachim. Elementy socjologicznej teorii religii, Kraków 2002. Borowik I, Doktor T., Pluralizm religijny i moralny w Polsce, Kraków 2001. Borowik I. (red.) Religia a życie codzienne. Kraków, 1991. Borowik I., Procesy instytucjonalizacji i prywatyzacji religii w powojennej Polsce, Kraków 1997. Borowik I., Odbudowywanie pamięci: przemiany religijne w Środkowo-Wschodniej Europie po upadku komunizmu, Kraków 2000. Casanova J., Religie publiczne w nowoczesnym świecie, Kraków 2005 Dobbelaere K, Sekularyzacja : trzy poziomy analizy, Kraków 2008. Kehrer G., Wprowadzenie do socjologii religii, Kraków 1996. Luckman T., Niewidzialna religia: problem religii we współczesnym społeczeństwie, Kraków 1996. Luhmann N., Funkcja religii, Kraków 1998. Mariański J., Religia i Kościół w społeczeństwie pluralistycznym : Polska lat dziewięćdziesiątych, Lublin 1993. Mariański, J.Religijność społeczeństwa polskiego w perspektywie europejskiej: próba syntezy socjologicznej, Kraków 2004. Mariański J., Religia i Kościół między tradycją i ponowoczesnością. Studium socjologiczne, Kraków 1997. Pippa N., Sacrum i profanum: religia i polityka na świecie, Kraków 2006 Szlendak T., Supermarketyzacja: religia i obyczaje seksualne młodzieży w kulturze konsumpcyjnej, Wrocław 2004.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	EK 1 - The student has a basic knowledge about the main types of religious organizations, assimilated sociological understanding of religion as a social institution, knows the social functions of religion (DL_W13) EK 2 - The student understands the concept of religion, knows sociological indicators of this phenomenon and its research methods (DL_W13) Student workload (description ECTS) 30 hours. - Active participation in lectures 5 hours. - Consultation with the teacher 20 hours. - Exam preparation 5 hours. - Reading reading 60 hours. - together 2 - ECTS
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Teaching methods: lecture with slide show illustrating Assessment methods: For the pass mark (dst) it is necessary to obtain 51% of the test. Persons who will want to receive a grade higher than pass (dst) should meet two conditions: 1. attendance at 90% of classes (not including absences missed) confirmed on the student's letter) 2. getting the satisfactory test from the test or writing a dissertation according to the following requirements: - will be submitted up to two weeks after the announcement of the test results; - will be written for min. 10,000 characters with spaces; - it will contain three elements: a) theoretical or legal assumptions, b) empirical justification, c) own conclusions - the topic will cover one of the following: a) The importance of religion in the Polish social reality; b) Religion in the life of Polish youth; c) Faces of Polish secularization; d) The specificity of Polish religiosity; e) The future of religion in Poland. EK No. 1 Grade 2 - student can not define the main types of religious organizations, he can not give the definition of religion as a social institution, he can not name the most important social functions of religion Grade 3 - the student distinguishes and characterizes at the elementary level the main types of religious organizations, lists the basic features of religion as a social institution, lists the most important social functions of religion The grade 4 - student distinguishes and well characterizes the main types of religious organizations, well characterized by religion as a social institution, well describes the social functions of religion Grade 5 - the student distinguishes and well characterizes the main types of religious organizations, well characterized by religion as a social institution, exhaustively describes the social functions of religion, assigning them to selected theoreticians of sociology of religion EK No. 2 Grade 2 - Student does not distinguish between the terms "religion" and "religiosity", does not know the sociological sense of the concept of religiosity, does not know the methods of his research Grade 3 - The student knows the sociological sense of the concept of religiosity, is able to list his chosen indicators, lists and describes the most important features of the basic methods of studying religiosity Grade 4 - The student knows the sociological sense of the concept of religiosity, can list and describe well most of his indicators, well characterized by the quantitative and qualitative methods of his research Grade 5 - Student perfectly explains the sociological sense of the concept of religiosity, name and describe its indicators very well, very well characterizes the quantitative and qualitative methods of his research, knows Polish schools of research on religiosity

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