| Course Title: Topics in Religion: 'Religion and Inequality' |
| Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
| Description: What is religion and how does religion intersect with inequality? This course explores sociology's foundational understandings of religion -- including why people are religious, how religion is expressed in social terms and forms, and how sociologists have studied religion -- before interrogating the impact of Western secularization, and how religion and religiosity intersects with modern dimensions of social and material inequality. Readings will include selections from across the global religious landscape, with particular attention to the dominant world religions. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Cass Sever | csever@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 225 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: SOCI-123. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| SOCI-216RN-01 Religion and Inequality |
| RELIG-225RN-01 Religion and Inequality |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 28 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters Author: Smith, Christian Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0691191646 Publisher: Princeton University Press |
Required | 25.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |