Neeraj IGNOU Society & Religion (ESO - 15)- English Medium

SOCIETY & RELIGTION ● Sociology and the Study of Religion ● Evolutionary Theories of Relgion ● Functionalist Theories of Religion ● The Study of Religious Beliefs ● The Study of Religious Symbols ● Comparative Sociological Theories of Ritual ● Ritual-I : A Case Study from Arica ● Ritual-II: A Case Study from South-East Asia ● Civil Religion ● Religion and the Economic Order ● Religion and Politics / State ● Religious Organisations: Sects, Cults and Denominations ● Religious Specialists: Shamans, Priests and Prophets ● Religion: Social Stability and Change ● Fundamentalism: Some Case Studies ● Secularism and Secularisation ● Religious Pluralism in India: As Fact and Value ● Tribal Religion Two Case Studies ● Hinduism ● Jainism and Buddhism ● Christianity ● Islam ● Sikhism ● Medieval Religious Movements-I : Bhakti and Sufism ● Medieval Religious Movements-I: Veerashaivism ● Modern Religious Movements-I : Arya Samaj ● Modern Religious Movements-II : Ramakrishna Mission ● Life Cycle Retuals-I : Birth and Marriage ● Life Cycle Rituals-II : Death