Religion 225RN - Topics in Religion: 'Religion and Inequality'

What is religion and how does religion intersect with inequality? This course explores sociology's foundational understandings of religion -- including why people are religious, how religion is expressed in social terms and forms, and how sociologists have studied religion -- before interrogating the impact of Western secularization, and how religion and religiosity intersects with modern dimensions of social and material inequality. Readings will include selections from across the global religious landscape, with particular attention to the dominant world religions.

Prereq: SOCI-123.