MSOE-3 EM 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

Description

Indira Gandhi National Open University
Elective Course in M.A. Sociology
MSOE-003: Sociology of Religion
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Programme Code: MSO
Course Code: MSOE-003
Assignment Code: MSOE-003/AST/TMA/2025-2026

Answer any five questions selecting at least two from each Section. Your answer should be in about 500 words each.

Section-I

1. Discuss the sociological perspective on religion.
2. Examine Marxian approach to the understanding of religion.
3. Discuss the functional interpretation of religion.
4. Explain the concept of healing with suitable examples.
5. Discuss the perspective of Clifford Geertz on religion.

Section-II

6. Is totemism a reality? Discuss with reference to the writings of Lèvi-Strauss.
7. Discuss Peter Berger’s viewpoint on the future of religion in society.
8. What is religious conversion? Explain its sociological interpretation.
9. Examine the social context of the emergence of Buddhism.
10. Discuss the main reasons that contributed to the wide spread of the cult of Sai Baba of Shirdi.