IGNOU BOOK | Religion and Society[English medium] BSOE-145

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BSOE-145: Religion and Society is an IGNOU Sociology course that examines religion as a social institution and studies its relationship with society, culture, social structure, power, identity, and social change.

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The course helps you understand:

• Meaning and Sociological Study of ReligionWhat is religion?
• Religion as a social institution.
• Difference between religious and sociological approaches to religion.
• Classical Sociological PerspectivesÉmile Durkheim – religion, social solidarity, sacred and profane.
• Max Weber – religion, social action, authority and economic life.
• Karl Marx – religion, ideology and social inequality.
• Religion and SocietyRelationship between religion and social structure.
• Religion's role in maintaining social order and social integration.
• Religion and social control.
• Religion, Caste and CommunityReligion and caste relations.
• Religious identities and communities.
• Issues of inequality and social stratification.
• Religion and Social ChangeHow religion can support as well as resist social change.
• Secularisation, modernisation and religious transformation.
• Religion in Contemporary SocietyReligious diversity and pluralism.
• Fundamentalism and communalism.
• Changing forms of religious practices and identities.