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MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2018-2022
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-2022

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Learning outcomes

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Analyse religious beliefs, practice and institutions using sociological theories
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Understand the relationship of religion to wider social processes
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Improve your comprehension and research skills through reading and essay writing

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Unit content:The early sociologists predicted that religion would disappear in the modern age. They were wrong – religion endures, but it has been affected by modernity. How has religion shaped late?modern societies such as Australia? In this unit, we will examine the classical sociological approaches to religion of Durkheim and Weber, as well as the Critical stance taken by Marx and Feminist scholars, and the more individual, Existential understanding of faith espoused by Kierkegaard and William James. Following this, we look at the interaction between faith and the uniquely late?modern phenomena of Neoliberalism, Globalization, Secularization, concluding with a discussion of faith’s continuing importance today.
Other notes:It is highly recommended that students complete SOC134 Introduction to Sociology prior to enrolling in this unit.