Last modified: 26 Oct 2023 12:16
This course provides students with an introduction to the sociological imagination as applied to the topic of religion. While the focus is on religion, it uses religion as means of thinking about core sociological concepts and key social processes, as well as the challenges to studying the world sociologically. We will discuss the key dimensions of religious belief, practice and institutions, and what we can learn from these that can be adapted and applied to other kinds of beliefs, practices and institutions.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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We will learn about religious belief and practice in the contemporary world, considering religious change and secularization, diversity and pluralism. We will look at how beliefs are formed, sustained and changed over time, and the variety of ways in which religion is practiced in a multi-cultural, multi-religious and largely secular society. We will examine the ways that religious beliefs and practices are disputed within and beyond religious communities (for example, about gender and sexuality), as well as the ways people find to get along despite their differences and disagreements. In all the course provides a focused and substantive training in the sociological imagination using religion as a focal point.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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Written feedback will be provided for continuous assessment work, where appropriate. This will normally be provided within three weeks of the submission date. Oral feedback on class presentations will also be provided where appropriate. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
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Resubmission of essay/s as appropriate. |
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| Conceptual | Create | As a result of this course students will be better prepared to conduct their own 4th year dissertations. |
| Conceptual | Understand | As a result of this course students better understand how theory, methods and empirical data are interrelated in Sociological studies |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | As a result of this course students will be able to think creatively about the relationship between theory and methods in the field of Sociology and society more broadly. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | As a result of this course students will learn to critically assess how theory, methods and empirical data are interrelated in 10 specific Sociological studies. |
| Factual | Remember | As a result of this course students will be familiar with 10 new works of Sociology |
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