SOC 355Sociology of Religion
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Fall, Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1979–80
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1964–65 to 1979–80; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Religion is defined broadly and its relation to phenomena like totalitarian movements, psychoanalysis and drug experience examined. The features common to all religions are explained; viz., myth, dogma, church, ritual, ethics, and religious experience.
As printed in the 1975–76 to 1979–80 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Soc 107
Also offered St. Jerome’s College
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1964–65 to 1979–80, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1975–76 to 1979–80 5 calendars
Religion is defined broadly and its relation to phenomena like totalitarian movements, psychoanalysis and drug experience examined. The features common to all religions are explained; viz., myth, dogma, church, ritual, ethics, and religious experience.
Prereq: Soc 107
Also offered St. Jerome’s College
Offered Fall, Winter · 2 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1974–75 calendar.
1966–67 to 1973–74 8 calendars
The analysis of religion as a social institution; its relationship to culture, personality and social change with consideration given to theories of religious behaviour and contemporary research findings. 3 lectures.
Not in the 1965–66 calendar.
1964–65 1 calendar
An examination of religion as a social institution and its place in human societies. The course seeks to develop an understanding of the universality of religion and its effect on man’s social relations and behavior.
3 lectures.