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SOC 376

Sociology of Religion

3 units

Fall 2024

Topics

  • Course intro
  • What is Religion?
  • How religion works
  • How religion work
  • Classical Social Theories of Religion
  • Peter Berger and Sacred Canopy
  • Rational choice theories
  • Market theories
  • Other sociological theories of religion
  • Inherited models of secularization
  • Revised inherited model
  • Secularization RIP
  • Neo-Secularization
  • The Rise of Christianity
  • The Churching of America
  • Youth and Religion – The NSYR data
  • The religious landscape today
  • The Nones
  • The Future of Religion in America
  • The Future of Global Religion

Readings

Fall 2024

Topics

  • Course intro
  • What is religion? / How Religion Works
  • Sociological Theories of Religion
  • Secularization
  • The Rise of Christianity
  • The Churching of America
  • The Religious Landscape
  • The Nones
  • The Future of Religion

Readings

  • Smith, C. (2019). Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters. Princeton University Press. Chapter 1 & 4 (Available as an ebook through the UofA Library
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  • Bruce, S. (2014). Late Secularization and Religion as Alien : Open Theology. Open Theology, 1(1), 13–23. Mark Chaves. (1994). Secularization as Declining Religious Authority. Social Forces, 72(3), 749
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  • Stark, R. (1999). Secularization, R.I.P. Sociology of Religion, 60(3), 249–273
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  • Burge, Ryan P. The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going. Fortress Press, 2021. (library ebook)
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  • Thiessen, Joel, and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme. None of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada. University of Regina Press, 2020. (library ebook)
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  • Smith, C. (2019). Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters. Princeton University Press. Chapter 5 (Available as an ebook through the UofA Library)
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