Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Defining Religion

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Diversity

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Inclusive

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Inclusive - Criticisms

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Exclusive

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Exclusive - Criticisms

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Functionalism (Inclusive)

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Functionalism (Inclusive)
Alperts (1939): Religion's Four Functions

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Neo-Functionalism - Problem with Functionalism

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Neo-Functionalism

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Neo-Functionalism - Criticisms

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Marxism (exclusive)

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Marxism (exclusive)
Criticisms

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Neo-Marxism (exclusive)

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Weberian Approaches

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Weberian Approaches: Criticisms

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Interactionism (non-Weberian)

Sociological Perspectives on Religion
Criticisms of Weberian Sociology

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
Church-type Organisations

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
Social Capital

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
Ideology

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
Denomination

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
Pluralism

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
How Sects Develop

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
Sects

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
Sect Typologies

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
Cults

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
Cults - Notes from Theorists

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
New Religious Movements

Different religious Movements and their Power within Society
NRM typologies

Religion and Social Change
Functionalism

Religion and Social Change
Traditional Marxism

Religion and Social Change
Social Change
Neo-Functionalism

Religion and Social Change
Social Change
Neo-Marxism

Religion and Social Change
Social Change
Neo-Marxism
Robinson (2001) Conditions shaping likelihood of religion becoming force for social change.

Religion and Social CHange
Social Change
Weberianism

Religion and Social CHange
Social Change
Criticisms of Weberianism

Religion and Social Change
Stability AND Change

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Modernity

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Modernity - Disappearance

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Modernity - Decline

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Modernity - Retreat and Reinvention

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernity

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernity - Metanarrative

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernity - Contradictions

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernity - New Age Movements

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernity - NAMs
Four Main Streams within NAMs

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernity - Postmodern Religion

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernity - Fundamentalism

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernity - Features of all fundamentalist religions

Religion and Links with Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernity - Fundamentalism: Globalisation

Debates about Secularisation

Debates about Secularisation
Religiosity

Debates about Secularisation
Religosity - Belief (knowing)

Debates about Secularisation
Religiosity - Participation (doing)

Debates about Secularisation
Religiosity - Commitment (feeling)

Debates about Secularisation
The Kendal Project

Debates about Secularisation
Operationalising Secularisation

Debates about Secularisation
Pro-secularisation

Debates about Secularisation
Pro-secularisation - Evidence

Debates about Secularisation
Anti-secularisation

Debates about Secularisation
Anti-secularisation: Evidence

Debates about Secularisation
Shopping for Religion

Debates about Secularisation
Resacrilisation

Debates about Secularisation
Post-secularisation

Debates about Secularisation
Participation

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Social Class

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Social Class - Explanations

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Social Class - Explanations Postmodern

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Gender

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Gender - Participation

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Gender - Explanations

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Gender - Further Feminist Explanations

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Gender - Risk

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Ethnicity

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Ethnicity - Identity

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Ethnicity - Explanations

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Ethnicity - Identity in relation to explanations

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Privatised Belief: Agree

Sociological studies of the relationship between beliefs, organisation and religious groups.
Privatised Belief: Disagree