SOC 376
Sociology of Religion
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
- 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
- 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
- Stark, R. (1999). Secularization, R.I.P. Sociology of Religion, 60(3), 249–273
- Burge, Ryan P. The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going. Fortress Press, 2021. (library ebook)
- Thiessen, Joel, and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme. None of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada. University of Regina Press, 2020. (library ebook)
- 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)
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
- 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
- Stark, R. (1999). Secularization, R.I.P. Sociology of Religion, 60(3), 249–273
- Burge, Ryan P. The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going. Fortress Press, 2021. (library ebook)
- Thiessen, Joel, and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme. None of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada. University of Regina Press, 2020. (library ebook)
- 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)
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- SOC 376 · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗2023
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- 2018-Fall-SOC-376-LECTURE-A1 ↗2018
- 2019-Summer-SOC-376-LECTURE-B1 ↗2019
- 2019-Fall-SOC-376-LECTURE-X01 ↗2019
- 2020-Summer-SOC-376-LECTURE-B1 ↗2020
- 2020-Fall-SOC-376-LECTURE-X01 ↗2020
- 2022-Fall-SOC-376-LECTURE-A1 ↗2022
- 2023-Fall-SOC-376-LECTURE-A01 ↗2023
- 2024-Fall-SOC-376-LECTURE-A01 ↗2024
- 2026-Winter-SOC-376-LECTURE-B01 ↗2026
- Partial automated extraction.
- Document date Fall 2024 differs from archive label Winter 2026. Archive label: 2026-Winter-SOC-376-LECTURE-B01 Partial automated extraction.