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RELIGION AND SOCIETY
Paper Code:
DSOC 501 (a)
Credits:
6
Contact Hours:
90.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
Course Outcomes(COs):
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Course outcomes |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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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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