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Is the sociology of deviance provides an exploration of the sociological concepts of deviance, social order, social power, identity construction, and identity management. Students will understand how the sociological perspective of deviance differs from the psychological and social work approach to understanding society and social life, although there is an overlap of knowledge within these perspectives. Students will begin to recognize how groups of people can gain power to shape social definitions of deviance, and apply these definitions across multiple situations and even societies.
Covers a wide variety of topics including religious social ethics, history of religious movements, church and sect organizations, religion in American society, religion and identity, and the religious aspects of the sociology of knowledge.