Classical and contemporary sociology od religion: an open continulity

sociology

elementary

S01_W03,S01_W04,S01_W09,S01_W10,S01_U03,S01_K06

knowledge of introduction to sociology

Classical and Contemporary Sociology of Religion: An Open Continuity belongs to the sociological agenda in a basic courses of sociology at univeristy studies.At any given point of the program the sociological agenda involves some classical categories and its transformations and amply demonstrates that there are many different sociological approaches to religion.In the individual parts of the course we introduces distinct facets, privileging some to the detriment of others. In this perspective we found possible to group these diverse - and even contradictory - outlooks around a series of basic contentions

The program is about the problematique of classicasl and contemporary sociological analysis of religion.In the separate lectures it can be clearly distinguished and tracked.Viewed as a whole, this program encompass the sociological universe of discourse about classical categories of the analyse of religin and its transformation in modern and postmodern uses.We want to elaborate some specifically point of view on the function of the religion in society in transition. More specifically, we analyze this discourse by distiguishing sic foci of reseach:

(1)Modern humanism and the crisis of sociology: problem of definitions

(2).Confrontation between modern social structure and culture with secularisation and secularism

(3)Religion as culture, functional analysis , and structural differentiation

(4)Religion and society in transition

(5) On the religious scene in the modern central and Eastern Europe

(6)Religion, culture, identity and globalization

Each of these foci has own presentation on the lecture. Each of the lecture shows the main questions and delineates the relevant analytical unit. Among them there is the problem of the continuity and discontinuity in the sociology of religion as a problem of its theory , methodology ,and practice. It is also the problem of modern expereince of religion itself. We will be demonstrating that there are possibilities tio elaborate with pinpoint accuracy some specific sociological point of view on the topic that we derive from the literature regarding the various foci of the sociological discourse

1. Religion,Culture& Society. A Reader in the Sociology of Religion. Ed. by L.Schneider, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1964

2. The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, Ed.. by J/A. Beckford and N.J. Demerath III, SAGE Publications,Los Angeles, London,. 2007

3. Identity, Culture and Globalization. Ed. by E. ben-Rafael, Y.Sterberg, Brill, London, 2002

4.Religion as a Human Capacity. Ed. by T.Light & B.C.Wilson, Brill, Leiden, Boston, 2004

5.C. Geertz, The Interpretations of Cultures. basic Books, New York, 2000

6. The Oxford handbook of the Sociology of Religion, Ed. by P.B. Clarke. Oxford, University Press, 2011

7. The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion. Ed. by R.K. Fenn, Blackwell Publishing, 2003

8.The Oxford Handbook of Global religions, Ed. by M. Juergenmeyer, Oxford, Univeristy Press, 2006

SUPPLEMENTARY lITERATURE

1.Norris. P. Inglehart. Sacred and Secular. Religion and Politics Worldwide.Oxford. 2005

2. Beckford, J. Social Theory and Religion, Oxford University Press, 2003

basic knowledge of contemporary sociology of religion in the context of its tradition

Participation in the course: 30 hours

. Literature: 30 h

Essay:30 h

Presentation: 30 hours

ECTS: 120:3=4 + 2 points=6 points ECTS

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