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Attached is a proposal for two courses, PSA
395
and PSA
396.
These have been approved by the Curriculum Committee of the Faculty and
by the Faculty as a whole.
It is requested that Senate give approval to these courses so
that they may be offered in September,
1963.
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P.S.A. 395-5 Religion in Contemporary Society
The course will involve a sociological examination of the
development, influence, structure and functions of religious bodies
in
"secular"
contemporary societies; primarily Canada, the U.S.A.,
and Britain.
SYLLABUS
As a necessary preliminary an
examination
will be made of the
relevant parts of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber; their concepts and formu-
lations will be related to the analysis of aspects of religion in
contemporary societies; religion and economic action, urbanization and
religion, religion and social stratification, the differences in
structure, function and social composition between churches and sects;
the process of secularization, patterns of religious adherence,
observation and practice in Britain, the U.S.A. and Canada; the
changing staff composition and role of the clergy; religion and science,
and the applicability and utility of the concept of "secular religions."
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P.S.A. 396-5 White, Brown and Black in
Southern
Africa
The course is concerned with that region of continental Africa
to the south of, but excluding, the Congo and Tanzania.
It will
include
•
a consideration of the ethnography, population distribution and
demographic trends; labor migration and circulation; Contrasts in income,
expenditure and standards of living; modes of production and living,
contrasts in tribal organization and tribal responses to the demands of
western institutions in both rural and urban areas; political and
cultural responses by the various ethnic groups to the presence of an
their interaction with other ethnic groups; the administrative and
organizational instruments used in the region to regulate its
inhabitants; and the contrast in ideologies about man
and
society extant
in the region.
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