南華大學九十學年度第一學期課程教學綱要

科目名稱:      宗教社會學專題              科目代號:506201043

英文名稱:  Seminar on Sociology of Religion     授課教師:林本炫

開課單位

    社會科學 學院       社會學研究所

上課教室

S104

學 分 數

3

授課時間

 三/5,6,7

修別

 1必修  2必選  3選修

 教學目標

本課程在使修課同學了解社會學的宗教研究方法,古典的宗教社會學理論,以及當代的宗教社會學發展情形。尤其著重在世俗化、宗教運動,以及宗教和社會變遷之關係。

課程綱要:(含每週授課進度)

 

第一週:9/26  課程說明以及宗教社會學的發展與主要議題

1.      Roland Robertson, 1972, “The Development of the Sociology of Religion” and “Major Issues in the Analysis of Religion” Chap.2 and Chap.3 in The Sociological Interpretation of Religion. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

 

第二週:10/03  方法論

1.      Bryan Wilson,1982,”The Sociology of Religion as a science”, Chap.1(1-26)in Religion in Sociological Perspective. Oxford and New York: Oxford Univ. Press.

2.    Robert N. Bellah,1970,”The Sociology of Religion”, Chap.1(p.3-19)in Beyond Belief: Essays on Religion in a Post-Traditionalist World. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press.

 

第三週:10/10 國慶日,放假一天

 

第四週:10/17  Max Weber的宗教社會學

1.      Max Weber 1930/1978(英譯本),The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism. London: George Allen & Unwin.

2.      Max Weber  , Sociology of Religion宗教社會學(允晨出版社有中譯本)

 

第五週:10/24 Emile Durkheim的宗教社會學

1.      Emile Durkheim,1915/1965(英譯本),The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life. New York: The Free Press.(桂冠出版社中譯本)

 

第六週:10/31 Peter BergerThomas Luckmann的宗教現象學

1.      Peter Beger,1967/1990,The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion. New York: Anchor Books.(上海人民出版社中譯本)

2.    Thomas Luckmann, The Invisible Religion無形的宗教(香港 : 漢語基督教文化研究所中譯本)

 

第七週:11/07 世俗化(一)

1.      Jose Casanova,1994,”Secularization,Enlightment, and Modern Religion” Chap.1 (p.11-39)in Public Religions in the Modern World. Chicago and London: The Univ. of Chicago Press.

2.    Roy Wallis and Steve Bruce,1992, “Secularization: The Orthodox Model”,Chap.2(p.8-30)in Steve Bruce,ed.,Religion and Modenization:Sociologists and Historians Debate the Secularization Thesis.Oxford:Clarendon Press.

3.    Peter Berger,1999,The Desecularization of the World; A Global Overview. P.1-18 in Peter Berger, ed., The Desecularization of the World.

 

第八週:11/14宗教社會學的當代發展(期中考週,照常上課,繳交第一次報告)

 

1.      Robert Wuthnow, 1981, “Two Traditions in the Study of Religion”. Journal for the Scientific Study od Religion 20(1):16-32.

2.    Thomas Robbins, 1988, “The Transformative Impact of the Study of New Religions on the Sociology of Religion”. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 27(1):12-31.

 

第九週:11/21 皈依

1.      John Lofland and Rodney Stark,1965,”Becoming a World Saver: A Theory of Conversion to a deviant Perspective”, ASR 30:862-872.

2.    Brock Kilbourne and James T. Richardson,1988, “Paradigm Conflict, Types of Conversion, and Conversion Theories”, Sociological Analysis 50(1):1-21.

 

第十週:11/28 皈依與社會網絡

1.      Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge,1985,“Networks of Faith: Interpersonal Bonds and Recruitment to Cults and Sects”.Chap.14(p.307-324) in The Future of Religion. Berkeley and Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press.

2.    Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge,1985,“Friendship, Religion, and the Occult”.Chap.15(p.325-345) in The Future of Religion. Berkeley and Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press.

 

第十一週:12/05 宗教經驗

1.      N.J.Demerath,2000,”The Varieties of Sacred Experience: Finding the Sacred in a Secular Grove”. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 39(1):1-11.

2.    David Yamane,2000,”Narrative and Religious Experience”. Sociology of Religion 61(2):171-189.

 

第十二週:12/12 私人化與公共宗教

1.      Jose Casanova,1994,”Private and Public Religions” Chap.2 (p.41-66)in Public Religions in the Modern World. Chicago and London: The Univ. of Chicago Press.

2.    Robert Wuthnow,1994,”Introduction”.p.1-20 in Producing the Sacred: An Essays on Public Religion. Urbana and Chicago: Univ. of Illinois Press.

 

第十三週:12/19理性選擇理論

1.      Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge,1987,”The Core Theory: Religious Commitment”.Chap.2(p.25-53) in A Theory of Religion. New York: Peter Lang, Inc.

2.      Roy Wallis,1984,”The Stark-Bainbridge Theory of Religion: A Critical Analysis and Counter Proposals.”Sociological Analysis 45(1):11-28.

 

第十四週:12/26 宗教運動(一)

1.      Eileen Barker,1999,”New Religious Movements: Their incidence and significance”.p.15-31 in Bryan Wilson and Jamie Cresswell,ed., New Religious Movements: Challenge and Response. London and New York: Routledge.

2.      Steve Bruce,1996,”The New Religions of the 1970s”, Chap.7(p.169-195) in Religion in the Modern World: from Cathedrals to Cults. New York: Oxford Univ. Press.

 

第十五週:01/02 宗教運動(二)

1.      Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge,1985,“Three Models of Cult Formation”.Chap.8(p.171-188) in The Future of Religion. Berkeley and Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press.

2.      Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge,1985,“Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation”.Chap.19(p.429-456) in The Future of Religion. Berkeley and Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press.

3.      Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge,1985,“Of Churches, Sects, and Cults”.Chap.2(p.19-37) in The Future of Religion. Berkeley and Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press.

 

第十六週:01/09 宗教與全球化

1.      John H. Simpson,1991,”Globalizaion and religion”.p.1-17 in Roland Robertson and William R. Garrett,ed.,Religion and Global Order.New York:Paragon House Publishers.

2.      Mike Featherstone,1991,”Consumer Culture,Postmodernism, and Global Disorder.”p.133-160 in Roland Robertson and William R. Garrett,ed.,Religion and Global Order.New York:Paragon House Publishers.

3.      Roland Robertson,1991,”Globalization,Modernization, and Postmodernization: The Ambiguous Position of Religion.” P.281-292 in Roland Robertson and William R. Garrett,ed.,Religion and Global Order. New York: Paragon House Publishers.

4.      Lorne L. Dawson,1998, “The Cultural Significant of New Religious Movements and Globalization”. Journal for the Scientific Study od Religion 37(4):580-595.

 

第十七週:01/16(期末考週,繳交第二次報告。綜合討論)

 

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讀書報告: 30  %         平時考試:    %       期中考試:     %

學期考試(學期報告):40 %    其他(課堂參與討論): 30 %

  

1.主要參考書籍請依作者、書名、出版處所、時間次序撰寫。

2.講授大綱及成績評量方式請務必於第一週上課時向學生充分說明。