SOC 3040 - Sociology of Religion

A comparative and critical analysis of religious institutions and practices and their influence upon societies and individuals. The history, beliefs, values, norms, and rituals of Western, Eastern, New Age, Native American, and unaffiliated groups (including agnostics, atheists, and existentialists) will be reviewed and examined in terms of socialization, social control, social identity, authority, power, law, political behavior, stratification, culture, social change, deviance, and gender.