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Resumé for eleverne

Dette modul er en introduktion til religionssociologi som en del af det akademiske studie af religion samt nogle af de metodiske og teoretiske tilgange, der bruges til at studere forholdet mellem samfund, individ og religion. Her præsenteres forskellige teorier og begreber, såsom civilreligion, sekularisering, religion i det moderne og postmoderne samfund, minoritets- og majoritetsreligion, individualiseret religion og ’levet religion’. I de forskellige opgaver skal du anvende nogle af disse teorier og tilgange samt analysere og diskutere forskellige cases relateret til samfund, individ og religion.

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 Religionssociologi 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.