SOC 3309 Secularism and Religion
3 units
Sociology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociological perspectives on the relationships between the religious and the secular. Comparative and socio-historical analyses. Secularization, laicism and the return of religion in the public sphere. State regulation of religious diversity, controversies over religious signs, and links between religion and nationalism. Use of existing data, research methods, and theories. Global and regional variations. Analysis of different contemporary approaches emerging from the sociology of religion and political sociology.
Components:
Lecture
Requirements:
Prerequisite: 18 units in ANT/SOC or 54 university units.
French Equivalent:
No grade data.