Links to Readings and Handouts are listed below by topic:
Jan 15 -- Introductory Material
Handouts: Journal Sheet (Use one for each assigned reading).
Discussion worksheet (Use one for each week).
Components of a Research Paper Basic Research Question
January 22 -- Theory and Methods
Readings: The Sociolological Imagination
Chaves & Higgins 1992 (Theory construction)
Ferraro & Koch 1994 (Theory construction & Secondary Data)
Koch & Beckley 2006 (Theory construction & Qualitative data)
Koch 2008 (Theory construction & Secondary data)
Maloney and Koch 2020 (Qualitative Data)
Seeking Moral Community (Primary Data)
Handouts: Introduction example Theory Example Theory/Methods Example
Annotated Bibliography directions & example
Resources: ASA Style Guidelines The ARDA (Mass quantities of data and other goodies).
Texas Tech thesis formatting templates
January 29: -- Religion and Solidarity
Readings: Elementary Forms (Intro & Ch 1)
Elementary Forms (Complete) (Optional enrichment)
Civil Religion
Function of Funerals Soc-Psych parallel
February 5: SNOW DAY
February 12: Religion and Oppression
Readings: Marx on Hegel Intro
Marx on Hegel (Complete) (Optional enrichment)
Religion and Child Abuse
Religion and Partner Violence
February 19: Religion as Symbolic Interaction
Readings: Relgion and Rituals
Disclosing One's Religion
Job Suitability
In Class: The Picture Liturgies Dr. Koch's Liturgies
Folk Art Religious Tattoos
February 26: Prayer and Healing
Guests: Dr. Ron Cook, D.O. Chair, UMC Family Practice
Readings: Prayer Research Review
Types of Prayer
News: Prayer & Meditation Prayer and AA Prayer and Surgery
March 4: Religion and Family
Readings: Teen Pregnancy Research
Teen Pregnancy News
Teen Pregnancy Politics
March 11: Religion, Politics, and Economics
Readings: Presidents' Religion
Who Voted for Trump?
In the News: Trump Voters Trump Evangelicals US Religion 2020 Trump's Support by Religion
In Class: Presidents' Religion Robert Tilton Joel Osteen
March 18: Spring Break
March 25: Religion and Education
Readings: Science and Religion
Secularization?
Campus Ministries
Vouchers and Race
Vouchers and Learning
April 1: Religion and Health
Readings: Does Religion Influence Adult Health?
Paging Dr. Gupta
Doctors' Views
April 8: Religion and "Deviance."
Readiings: Religion and Sex
Friendship Networks
Bibliography
Class material: Model presentation
Lecture audio
Data collection methods (An audio clip from my Intro class)
April 15: Religion and Diversity
Guest: Rev. Dr. Tom Bohache, Metropolitan Cummunity Church
Dr. Bohache's lecture
Religion and Diversity Handout
Readings: Diversity and Theology Diversity and Race
Queering Christianity Good People - Bad Religion
Methodists and LGBTQ 2019 Methodist Split
April 22: Religious Tatttoos
Readings and Links
April 29: Student Presentations:
May 6: Final paper due
