Mod 6

Readings

Read any TWO of the subtopics listed below. Please note that each subtopic contains further reading that you should consider highly, highly recommended. See each subtopic document for even more recommended reading and other resources for further learning.

· Lesson 6 Subtopic: Good Bad Ugly (Socio-Historical Dynamics) (( I attached the pdf file of this on the file folder of sweetstudy. The file named is 6-SOC 420 Lesson 6 Subtopic Good Bad Ugly_Fall 2022.docx)

Idler, Ellen. 2008. "The Psychological and Physical Benefits of Spiritual/Religious Practices."

( https://spirituality.ucla.edu/docs/newsletters/4/Idler_Final.pdf )

(Also, a meta-study that's optional due to its sheer length and scope but otherwise highly recommended: Koenig, Harold G. 2012. “Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications.” )

Dawkins, Richard. 2003 (November 19-20). “The Science of Religion” and “The Religion of Science.”

· Lesson 6 Subtopic: Marriage and Family ( I attached the pdf file of this on the file folder of sweetstudy. The file named is 6-SOC 420 Lesson 6 Subtopic Marriage and Family Fall 2022.docx)

· Berg, Thomas C. 2016. “Protecting Same Sex Families and Religious Dissenters after Obergefell

( I attached the pdf file of this on the file folder of sweetstudy. The file named is 6-Berg Protecting Same-Sex Families and Religious Dissenters After Obergefell - Religious Freedom Institute.pdf)

· Religion_and_Family-Edgell Penny 2009 OHSR. ( I attached the pdf file of this on the file folder of sweetstudy. The file named is 6-Religion_and_Family-Edgell Penny 2009 OHSR.pdf)

· Lesson 6 Subtopic: Religious Experiences (I attached the pdf file of this on the file folder of sweetstudy. The file named is 6-SOC 420 Lesson 6 Subtopic Religious Experiences_Fall 2022.docx)

· Goldstein et al 2007, Haunting Experiences_ Ghosts in Contemporary Folklore (I attached the pdf file of this on the file folder of sweetstudy. The file named is 6-Goldstein et al 2007 Haunting Experiences_ Ghosts in Contemporary Folklore.pdf)

Please read pages 60-78 of the text (PDF viewer screens 71-89); the remainder is optional.

· Yamane, David. “Experience.” Encyclopedia of Religion and Society .

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· Lesson 6 Subtopic: Religion and Science (I attached the pdf file of this on the file folder of sweetstudy. The file named is 6-SOC 420 Lesson 6 Subtopic_REV_Religion and Science _Fall 2022.docx)

· Science_and_Religion Bainbridge 2009 OHSR (I attached the pdf file of this on the file folder of sweetstudy. The file named is 6-Science_and_Religion Bainbridge 2009 OHSR.pdf)

· https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-science/

Links to an external site.

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In this assignment, we will examine several areas of interest to the sociology of religion in a set of mini-lessons, as attached here. There are no assigned Christiano chapters for this lesson; simply select and read two of these Lesson 6 subtopics, along with the required reading listed within each mini-lesson. These subtopics are intended to stimulate discussion and critical thinking about issues of interest in the sociology of religion. You may pay a bit more attention to one subtopic in your assignment if you wish, but you should read AND discuss the second at least well enough to meet the assignment requirements. Then in Assignment 6, you will compare and contrast what you learned and/or your responses to those two