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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -SOCIOLOGY
FIFTH SEMESTER APRIL 2018
SO 5502- SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
Date: 30-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 09:00-12:00
PART A
Answer ALL questions in about 30 words each: (10 x 2 20)
1. Define religion.
2. What views Durkheim mean by sacred and profane.
3. List down the elements of religious groups.
4. What is religious group?
5. What is conversion?
6. What do you mean by social stratification?
7. What is cult?
8. What is denomination?
9. Define social change.
10. How does social change differ from religious change?
PART B
Answer any FIVE of the following in about 300 words each: x 8 40)
11. Outline the scope of Sociology of religion.
12. Explain the importance of religious groups.
13. Write a note on religion and dalits.
14. Highlight the characteristics of social and religious movements.
15. Analyze the impact of social change and religious change on society.
16. Write a note on secularism.
17. Explain the merits and demerits of religious movement.
PART C
Answer any TWO of the following in about 1200 words each: x 20 40)
18. Explain the various methods of studying religion.
19. Explain the relationship between religion and other social institutions.
20. Describe briefly any three socio-religious movements.
21. Analyse the significance of Religion in social change.