Outline

Durkheim and the Sociological Approach to Religion

The Role of Religion

The Integrative Function of Religion
Religion and Social Support
Religion and Social Change
Religion and Social Control: A Conflict View

Religious Behavior

Belief
Ritual
Experience

Religious Organization

Ecclesiae
Denominations
Sects
New Religious Movements or Cults
Comparing Forms of Religious Organization

Sociological Perspectives on Education

Functionalist View
Conflict View
Interactionist View

Schools as Formal Organizations

Bureaucratization of Schools
Teachers: Employees and Instructors
The Student Subculture
Adult Education
Home Schooling

Social Policy and Religion: Religion in the Schools

The Issue
The Setting
Sociological Insights
Policy Initiatives

Boxes

Sociology in the Global Community: The Emergence of the Megachurch
Research in Action: Violence in the Schools
Taking Sociology To Work: Alison Streit, Administrator, Girl Scouts of America