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Sociology of Religion<br />
SR3201 Religion and Society<br />
Investigation of the sacred sources of a sense of social obligation, of a common<br />
fate, and of legitimate authority. The sacred described as the sphere of social life in<br />
which primordial strivings came into play. Societies in which the sacred is in constant<br />
dynamic and intense interaction with basic institutions compared to more<br />
complex and secularized social systems; symbolic victories over death in sacred pilgrimage<br />
and ritual; ceremonies, spectacle, stigmatization; and concentration and<br />
the diffusion of the sacred in modern societies. This course fulfills the MEHR history<br />
distribution requirement. 3 credits.<br />
Fall Long Term, 2008–2009; Mr. Fenn<br />
Spring Long Term, 2009–2010; Mr. Fenn<br />
SR3221 Secularization: An Introduction to the Debate<br />
This course will focus on both academic and political controversies over the process<br />
of secularization in contemporary societies, as compared with the process<br />
in early modern Europe and in antiquity. Christianity analyzed as a major force<br />
for secularization. Special attention is given to theological interest in religion-less<br />
Christianity. This course fulfills the MEHR history distribution requirement. 3 credits.<br />
Spring Long Term, 2008–2009; Mr. Fenn<br />
SR3230 Religion and Time<br />
This course focuses on the contribution of Judaism and Christianity to the experience<br />
of time in Western societies, with special reference to the Sabbath, the fate<br />
of the soul, purgatory, millennium, and apocalypse. Social conflicts analyzed as<br />
reflecting tensions between public and private, religious and secular, official and<br />
popular orientations toward time. This course fulfills the MEHR history distribution<br />
requirement. 3 credits.<br />
Fall Long Term, 2008–2009; Mr. Fenn<br />
SR3475 Ministry, Conflict, and Cataclysm<br />
Introduction to a type of exposition that combines sociological analysis and social<br />
history with the concerns of ministry. Focus on pastoral ministry to the Christian<br />
community during and after the civil war of 66–78 CE and in metropolitan areas<br />
of the United States in the years before and after September 11, 2001. Students<br />
will analyze and interpret selected pericopes in the Gospel of Mark and the Fourth<br />
Book of Ezra with reference to local, communal, national, and transnational sources<br />
of conflict and cohesion. This course fulfills the MEHR history distribution requirement.<br />
3 credits.<br />
Spring Long Term, 2008–2009; Mr. Fenn<br />
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