SOCI278-15S2 (C) Semester Two 2015

Religion and Society: Why God Won't Die

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2015
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 October 2015

Description

This course is an introduction to the sociology of religion focused on thinking and rethinking religion & society.Central to the discussion is why god and religion has not dissapeared as was predicted in much modern social theory. In considering this question, the course provides a critical discussion of the ways religion, god and religious practices have been thought, dismissed and applied over the past 150 years within the Sociology of Religion.

Prerequisites

15 points of 100-level SOCI with B grade or better; 30 points of 100 level SOCI; alternatively students without 100 level SOCI but with a B average or better in 60 points in related subjects may be admitted to one 200 level SOCI course.

Restrictions

SOCI292, SOCI392 in 2012

Course Coordinator

Michael Grimshaw

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Essay 1 30% Religion and crisis of the twentieth century
Essay 2 30% Religion and culture
Reading Blogs 15% 3 blogs on 3 theorists and issues from Section A (weeks 1-6) of readings
Reading Blogs 15% 3 blogs on 3 theorists and issues from Section B (weeks 7-12) of readings
Critical Engagement Exercise 10% The future of religion? Apply a theorist/theory to the question of the future of religion in late modern society

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $697.00

International fee $2,913.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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