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Indira Gandhi National Open University
Elective Course in M.A. Sociology
MSOE-003: Sociology of Religion
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Maximum Marks: 100 Programme Code: MSO
Weightage: 30% Course Code: MSOE-003
Assignment Code: MSOE-003/AST/TMA/2024-2025
Answer any five questions selecting at least two from each Section. Your answer should
be in about 500 words each.
Section-I
Marks
1. Outline the Marxian concept of religion. 20
2. Examine totemism as an elementary form of religion. 20
3. What is “okka”? Discuss with examples. 20
4. Explain T.N. Madan‟s view of non-renunciation with suitable example. 20
Section-II
5. Explain phenomenology of religion with special reference to Peter Bergers‟ view. 20
6. Discuss the theories of secularism with special reference to the Indian experience. 20
7. Explain Clifford Geertz‟s approach to the understanding of religion. 20
8. Discuss the view of Lèvi-Strauss on totemism.
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