IGNOU Sociology of Religion: MSOE-003 December: 2017 QUESTION paper

Note : Answer any five questions in about 500 words each. Answer at least two questions from each section. All questions carry equal marks.

SECTION I

Q1. Discuss Freud’s approach to the study of religion.

Refer to Chapter-1, Q.No.-10 FOR FULL ANSWER

Q2. Explain the relationship between protestant ethic and the rise of capitalism.

Refer to Chapter-2, Q.No.-11 FOR FULL ANSWER

Q3. Critically examine Marxian theory of religion.

Refer to Chapter-2, Q.No.-1 FOR FULL ANSWER

Q4. What is ‘non-renunciation’? Discuss with reference to auspiciousness and purity.

Q5. Discuss the features of the ‘Okka’ in Coorg settlements.

Refer to Chapter-3, Q.No.-3 FOR FULL ANSWER

SECTION II

Q6. What is religious pluralism? How is it significant in the Indian context?

Refer to June-2009, Q.No.-9 FOR FULL ANSWER

Q7. How does Levi-Strauss explain totemism?

Refer to Chapter-4, Q.No.- 8 FOR FULL ANSWER

Q8. Discuss Indian experience of secularism.

Q9. What is religious revivalism? Explain its significance in society.

Q10. Religion is a system of symbols’. Discuss.

Refer to Chapter-4, Q.No.-5 FOR FULL ANSWER

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