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INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
August 26:
Introduction to Class
August 31:
Measuring Religion Quantitatively
September 1:
Measuring Religion Qualitatively
THEORIES OF
RELIGION
September 6:
Durkheim's Elementary Forms Of Religious Life I
September 8:
Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life II
September 13: Durkheim's
Elementary Forms of Religious Life III
September 15:
Weber's Protestant Ethic
September 20: Weber's Religious Authority
September 22: Weber's Religious
Authority
First Set Of Field Notes
Is Due In Class
September 27:
Marx' & DuBois' Views Of
Religion As (Dys)function
September 29:
Secularization and Rational Choice
Theories
October 4: Religious Organization and Organizations
October 6: Becoming (and Un-Becoming) Religious
October 11: Becoming (and Un-Becoming) Religious
Examinations Are Due By
Email Attachment at 11:59 pm on WEDNESDAY (10/12)!
October 14: No Class . . . Fall
Break
Religion As Society
October 18: Religious Belief and Belonging
October 20: Religious Belief and Belonging
October 25: Religious Polarization
October 27
:TOWN MEETING 1
“Should Religious Freedoms Be 'Restored' In
The United States?”
November 1: Religion and the Private Sphere
November 3
: Religion and the Private Sphere
Second Set Of Field Notes Is Due
In Class
November 8: TOWN MEETING 2
“Is War Justified In The Judeo-Christian
Ethic?”
November 10
:TOWN MEETING 3
“Would The World Be Better Off Without
Religion?”
November 15: Religion and Race/Ethnicity
November 17: Religion and Race/Ethnicity
November
22-24: No Class . . . Thanksgiving Break
November 29: Religion and Gender
December 1
:TOWN MEETING
4
“Is God Sexist?”
December 6: Religion and Sexuality
December 8
:TOWN MEETING 5
“Can Someone Be Religious And Participate In Same-Sex Relationships?”
Final Paper Is Due IN
CLASS!!
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