Exam Details
| Subject | Sociology of Religion | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Master of Arts in Sociology | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Discuss the functional approach to the understanding of religion.
2. Analyse the relationship between religion and the construction of knowledge.
3. Discuss Weber's central thesis on religion and economy.
4. Discuss religion as "Superstructure".
5. Describe the concept of healing in the tantric tradition.
6. Discuss religions revivalism with reference to new movements and cults.
7. Outline Levi-Strauss' method of the study of totemism.
8. Explain secularisation and outline the future of religion.
9. What are the basic tenets of phenomenology of religion
10. Compare and contrast 'fundamentalism' and 'communalism'.
2. Analyse the relationship between religion and the construction of knowledge.
3. Discuss Weber's central thesis on religion and economy.
4. Discuss religion as "Superstructure".
5. Describe the concept of healing in the tantric tradition.
6. Discuss religions revivalism with reference to new movements and cults.
7. Outline Levi-Strauss' method of the study of totemism.
8. Explain secularisation and outline the future of religion.
9. What are the basic tenets of phenomenology of religion
10. Compare and contrast 'fundamentalism' and 'communalism'.
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Subjects
- Diaspora and Transnational Communities
- Indian Economic Policy
- Research Methodologies and Methods
- Sociological Theories and Concepts
- Sociology of Education
- Sociology in India
- Sociology of Development
- Sociology of Religion
- Urban Sociology