- "Sociology of religion is the study of the beliefs, practices, and organizational forms of religion using the tools and methods of the discipline of sociology."
The study of the social aspects of religion, including its role in society and its impact on individuals.
Definition of Religion: Explains what religion is and its importance in society.
Religious Beliefs: Discusses the different religious beliefs and their impact on individuals and society.
Religious Practices: Examines the various religious practices observed by different religious groups.
Religious Organizations: Investigates the different religious organizations and their functions within society.
Religious Rituals: Explores the different religious rituals and their significance within the religious community.
Religious Leaders: Looks at the different roles and functions of religious leaders within their respective communities.
Religious Symbols: Discusses the different religious symbols and their meanings.
Religious Traditions: Examines the various religious traditions observed by different religious groups.
Religious Change: Explores the various changes that religion undergoes over time and their impact on society.
Religious Conflict: Discusses the different religious conflicts and their causes and consequences.
Religion and Social Change: Looks at the relationship between religion and social change.
Religion and Culture: Examines the relationship between religion and culture and their impact on each other.
Religion and Politics: Explores the relationship between religion and politics and their impact on each other.
Religion and Identity: Looks at the relationship between religion and identity and how they are interconnected.
Secularization: Discusses the process of secularization and its impact on religion in society.
Globalization: Examines the impact of globalization on religion and religious practices.
Gender and Religion: Explores the relationship between gender and religion and how gender influences religious practices.
Religion and Science: Looks at the relationship between religion and science and the conflicts that arise between them.
Religion and Morality: Examines the relationship between religion and morality and how religion shapes moral values.
- "This objective investigation may include the use both of quantitative methods (surveys, polls, demographic and census analysis) and of qualitative approaches (such as participant observation, interviewing, and analysis of archival, historical and documentary materials)."
- "Émile Durkheim's 1897 study of suicide rates among Catholic and Protestant populations, a foundational work of social research which served to distinguish sociology from other disciplines, such as psychology."
- "The works of Karl Marx and Max Weber emphasized the relationship between religion and the economic or social structure of society."
- "Contemporary debates have centered on issues such as secularization, civil religion, and the cohesiveness of religion in the context of globalization and multiculturalism."
- "The sociology of religion is distinguished from the philosophy of religion in that it does not set out to assess the validity of religious beliefs."
- "The process of comparing multiple conflicting dogmas may require what Peter L. Berger has described as inherent 'methodological atheism'."
- "Whereas the sociology of religion broadly differs from theology in assuming indifference to the supernatural..."
- "Theorists tend to acknowledge socio-cultural reification of religious practice."
- "The study of the beliefs, practices, and organizational forms of religion using the tools and methods of the discipline of sociology."
- "Quantitative methods (surveys, polls, demographic and census analysis) and qualitative approaches (such as participant observation, interviewing, and analysis of archival, historical and documentary materials)."
- "Émile Durkheim's 1897 study of suicide rates among Catholic and Protestant populations."
- "The relationship between religion and the economic or social structure of society."
- "Secularization, civil religion, and the cohesiveness of religion in the context of globalization and multiculturalism."
- "It does not set out to assess the validity of religious beliefs."
- "Broadly differs from theology in assuming indifference to the supernatural."
- "Inherent 'methodological atheism' described by Peter L. Berger."
- "Theorists tend to acknowledge socio-cultural reification of religious practice."
- "Using the tools and methods of the discipline of sociology."
- "Both quantitative methods and qualitative approaches are utilized."