Category: Sociology Of Religion

  • Inter-caste and interreligious marriages and The State Intervention

    Synopsis: Inter-caste and interreligious marriages in India, although have been a subject of academic discussion, especially in social sciences, account for a diminishing percentage of all marriages in India. Religious and caste-based atrocities serve as the most important reason behind such statistics. Hence, this article will focus on the aspects of marital democracy in India…

  • MN Srinivas views on religion and society among Coorgs

    Mysore Narasimachar Srinivas was born in 1916 in Mysore. He belonged to a Brahmin Family and studied various areas like caste, society, religion and so on. He brought up various ideas related to sociology. He published a book called ‘Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India’. It put forward a new approach to…

  • New Religious Movement: Meaning and Characteristics

    New religious movement (NRM), also referred to as the New age movement or Alternate spirituality, is a religious or spiritual group that has its roots in modern-day and has an important position in the country’s religious culture. They could either be newly originated ones or part of some religion. In the latter, they are different…

  • Differences between sect and cult: Short Notes

    Sect and cult are two words which, in today’s world are considered derogatory, are omitted by many scholars. But, their usage was originally considered scholarly. Even in French, German, Italian and Spanish, this word is not really used anymore. Let’s now understand what exactly these two words are. Sect: The word ‘Sect’ is derived from…

  • Differences between Religion and Science

    Religion and science are the two crucial elements of human life. They don’t refer to the same thing and are different from one another in several ways. This article intends to talk about this difference and help you understand it better. Religion: The word ‘religion’ was derived from the Latin word ‘religionem’ which refers to…

  • Sociology of Religion: Short Notes on Witchcraft

    The history of the existence of witchcraft is far extending. It was there in different cultures, present, past, and in ancient as well as modern and advanced cultures. Due to its variation across different cultures and societies, it is hard to define it precisely. It is often thought of as the practice of using spiritual…

  • A Short Note on Polytheism and Examples – Explained

    Theism refers to a belief in a god or any higher power. Polytheism is a type of theism, it refers to a belief in more than one deity or god.  These deities (which are a part of the polytheistic religion) come together to form a Pantheon- which is a group of a particular set of…