Religion and Society
Training Provider: Singapore University of Social Sciences
Course Reference: TGS-2025053972
S$1,461
About This Course
Religion remains a mainstay of contemporary societies, serving to organize social life and interaction among people. Here, we trace the historical origins of various religions – Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Taoism, and indigenous religions – and use a comparative approach in our discussion of the philosophical, ritualistic, and institutional aspects of the religions. We also take a closer look at how these religions have evolved in the Asian context.
What You'll Learn
1. Distinguish between normative understandings and truth claims about religion(s) and the aims of the academic study of religion in the social sciences.
2. Explain different scholarly approaches to religion and some definitions of religion that flow from these.
3. Demonstrate familiarity with a range of forms of religious life (i.e. traditions, institutions etc.) and their historical and cultural contexts.
4. Examine the relationship between religion and other forms of social life (including identity, gender roles, nation states, globalisation).
5. Question the universal applicability of categories and terms employed in the study of religion and critically discuss key topics and issues involving religions today.
6. Apply cultural relativism, methodological and theoretical pluralism, and think cross-culturally and comparatively about religions.
7. Sketch religious diversity in the contemporary world.
2. Explain different scholarly approaches to religion and some definitions of religion that flow from these.
3. Demonstrate familiarity with a range of forms of religious life (i.e. traditions, institutions etc.) and their historical and cultural contexts.
4. Examine the relationship between religion and other forms of social life (including identity, gender roles, nation states, globalisation).
5. Question the universal applicability of categories and terms employed in the study of religion and critically discuss key topics and issues involving religions today.
6. Apply cultural relativism, methodological and theoretical pluralism, and think cross-culturally and comparatively about religions.
7. Sketch religious diversity in the contemporary world.
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