Welcome to the webpage for Sociology 246: Sociology of Religion.  This will be the major point of written contact between me, the teaching assistant, and students in the class.  In addition to gaining access to the schedule of topics and details about course assignments (which are also available in the syllabus distributed on the first day of class), you should use this page to access the course blog, student summaries of the course readings, and details about course town meetings.  Please revisit the page often for additional information or reminders of pending assignment deadlines.

As the course catalog suggests, we will spend the semester learning about the nature, structure, and function of religion globally and, more specifically, in the American context.  After exploring the perspectives of some of the classical theorists (Durkheim, Weber, Dubois, and Berger), we'll look at religion in two ways: how does religion function as a society and how does religion function within society.

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR INFO ON THE FINAL PAPER

We DO have class on the 17th, but DO NOT have class on the 21st.

For those of you who weren't there, we had a QUIZ today (April 17th)!