URB 395 - Sociology of Urban Religion

Institution:

Warner Pacific College

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Description:

This course addresses the nature of religion in the city from a sociological perspective. It acquaints the student with an understanding of religion as a social phenomenon and its function in the world as both accommodation and protest. It discusses the ways human beings organize their societies around a religious framework to create a semblance of order, meaning and continuity, and to cope with social change. The course explores the dynamics of secularization, conversion, and the growing interest in spirituality in society today. It utilizes a comparative, human development approach to study diverse cultural value systems and their approach to the sacred in society, and how these approaches find an institutional expression. Prerequisite: URB 140.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.warnerpacific.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 517-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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