In 3 single spaced pages, please write a carefully reasoned in-depth analysis of any of the following topics (PLEASE indicate in your very first sentence your topic.. you must use and cite at least six different credible and authoritative sources. Half of these have to come from required SOC 420 course readings that will be provided for you.

Beyond that, please find at least two credible and authoritative sources that weren’t required reading for our class, though more sources may be helpful. Wikipedia and many dot-com sites will NOT count as credible and authoritative.

THIS TOPIC IS FOR THE ESSAY:

What did you see as the most important concept, idea, or issue you learned about in this Sociology of Religion course? Please also explain its relationship to three or four other particularly significant concepts you’ve also learned about in our class. As one example (but there are many other possibilities you can consider, and please feel free), you could argue that modern American religion has acquired a profoundly political dimension. What are the reasons for this modern religious-political dilemma, and what are the implications for religious conflict, use of media, economic factors, and the future of religion in America?

some concepts are: social construction, conversion, media, gender/sexuality, fundamentalism, conflict, politics, class and power, and perhaps most notably of all, generalization, socialization—more on than in STS 494