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RELIGION AND SOCIETY [1]

Paper Code: 
DSOC 501 (a)
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes(COs):

Course outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to;

CO20: Review religion from a social, cultural, symbolic and comparative perspective

CO21: Examine the impact of different religions on Indian society

CO22: Construct socio-cultural frameworks to address societal issues

Interactive Lectures, Power Point Presentations, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Self- learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

18.00
  • Sociology of Religion: Meaning, Subject matter and Significance
  • Religion and Rationalization

 

 

18.00
  • Understanding Religion: Rites of Passage; Sacred and Profane

 

18.00

Religion in India I:

  • Basic Tenets of Hinduism, Islam, Christianity; Their Impact on Indian Society

 

 

18.00

Religion in India II:

  • Basic Tenets of Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism; Their Impact on Indian Society.

 

 

18.00
  • Secularism: Concept, Features and Significance
  • Communalism: Concept, Features, Causes and Remedial measures

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Gennep, A.V. (1960). Rites of Passage. London. Routledge and Kegan Paul
  • Durkheim, E. (2001). The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. Oxford University Press

 

References: 
  • Lannoy, Richad, 1971 : The Speaking Tree : A Study of Indian Society and Culture Delhi : Oxford University Press
  • Mandelbaum, D.G., 1970 Society in India .Bombay : Popular Prakashan
  • Ghurye, G.S., Caste and Class in India,1957, Bombay: Popular Prakshan
  • Appadurai, Arjun, 1997, Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. New Delhi: OUP.
  • Sharma, K.L.; 2007; Indian Social Structure and Change, Rawat Publications.
  • Srinivas, M.N., 1963: Social Change in Modern India.California, Berekeley : University of California Press
  • Singh, Yogendra, 1973: Modernization of Indian Tradition.Jaipur: Rawat

  Publications

  • Kuppuswamy, B. 1993: Social Change in India, Delhi: Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
  • Uberoi, Patricia 1993. Family, Marriage and Kinship in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press

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Academic Session: 
2023-24 [6]

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