SylabUZ

Generate PDF for this page

Sociology of Religion - course description

General information
Course name Sociology of Religion
Course ID 14.2-WP-SOC-SREL
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Sociology
Education profile -
Level of studies Second-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2021/2022
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 4
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Class 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

To prepare students to sociological analysis of the religion and its role in society

Prerequisites

No special prerequisites

Scope

Lecture: the religion as the object of sociological research, the religion and the society, the organized religion, the occurrence of the conversion, new religious movements, the folk religiousness, fundamentalism and traditionalism in religion

Class: religion in Europe - historical and socio-cultural perspective, paradoxes of the religiousness in Poland and other post-communist countries.

Teaching methods

Lecture with discussion. Case studies. Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations, use of filmstrips, recordings etc. Student reports by individuals. Carrying out some of the classes using mobile methods: a research walk or a study visit.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Lecture: Group written examination.

Class: Individual assessment based on active participation during the course and a 5-page essay prepared by a student.

Recommended reading

  1. Berger P., The Sacred Canopy. Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion, 1967.
  2. Borowik Irena (ed.), Religions, Churches and Religiosity in Post-Communist Europe, Kraków 2006
  3. Bruce S., Fundamentalism, Cambridge 2000.
  4. Dobbelaere K., Secularization: An Analysis at Three Levels, Brussels 2002.

Further reading

  1. Barker E., New Religious Movements. A Practical Introduction, London 1989.
  2. Jenkins P., The next Christendom. The coming of Global Christianity, Pennsylvania State of University 2007.

Notes

 the subject can be run every semester, in case there is not enough persons to make a group there will be individual class run during instructor hours.


Modified by dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 30-04-2021 09:38)