Einführung in die Religionswissenschaft: Religionssoziologie

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    Religionssoziologie [Text]

    Bilder:

    Bild 1: Verbrennung der dänischen Flagge infolge der Verbreitung von Mohammed-Karikaturen 2005.

    Bild 2: Segnung eines Soldaten durch einen Priester in der Russisch-Orthodoxen Kirche

    Bild 3: Selbstverbrennung eines tibetischen Mönches als Protest gegen die chinesische Regierung

    Bild 4: Christen gegen Abtreibung

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    Zivilreligion [Text]

    Höhepunkte der Eröffnungszeremonie der Jugendolympiade 2014 in Nanjing [Video]

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    Die schwindende Bedeutung von Religion in der modernen Gesellschaft: Säkularisierung [Text]

    Religion in der postmodernen Gesellschaft: Individualisierte Religion [Text]

    Auszug aus einer Rede des US-amerikanischen Präsidenten Barack Obama über Politik und Religion in den USA [Video]

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    Globalisierung [Text]

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    Bild 1: Hindu-Junge, der zur Brahmanen-Kaste gehört

    BBild 2: Protestantische Frau mit der englischen Flagge vor einem Feuer in Belfast, Nordirland

    Globalisierung, Fundamentalismus und Maximalismus [Text]

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    Quelle 1: Religionsgemeinschaften [Text]
    Quelle 2: Gelebte Religion [Text]

- Guidelines for Teachers -

Guidelines and introduction for Teachers

The purpose of this course is to contribute to the students' knowledge of the relationship between society, the individual and religion. They are introduced to different theories of sociology of religion and they are going to apply the theories in relation to specific cases and examples. In page 5, teacher's text, a final exercise for the module is suggested in which the students can try to investigate the relationship between individuals, society and religion by way of making their own observations in the field.

Curricular Level:

Upper-secondary school, but some of the content could also be used in lower-secondary school

Conceptual (knowledge) and skills Objectives:

Giving an introduction to the sociology of religion as a part of the academic study of religions and some of its theoretical and methodological approaches and discussions.
Giving the students analytical tools to analyse and reflect on different cases about the relationship between society, individual and religion from an academic study of religions perspective.
Giving the students some knowledge of religion in modern and postmodern society, including theories of secularization, and raise awareness of the differences between different countries and cultures in respect to religion.
Make the students reflect on how globalization influences religion, and the differences between maximalist and minimalist attitudes toward religion.