SOCI 326 1st Edition Lecture 18Assignment: Reading Memo #3 (American Religion)OBJECTIVE & BACKGROUNDFor this assignment you will comment on the findings reported in Mark Chaves’ book,American Religion.The assignment has three parts: (1) read the assigned readings and write a short 1-2 page memoanswering the questions below; (2) bring your essay – either a paper or digital copy (e.g. on yourlaptop) and the readings to class; and, (3) during class, you (and your group) will answerquestions about the readings posed by the professor. Your essay or memo is your ticket to theclass. In each small group one person will be designated the recorder and they will jot downresponses of fellow students. You (and your group) will submit the notes to the professor at theend of class.ADVICE FOR THE READINGS:Read the book! (it’s short, plus I tried to emphasize the main points in lecture.)Q1) After reading American Religion, (i) what was surprising to you? (ii) what was routine?(iii) what, if anything, was unclear about Chaves’ book?Q2) Which of Chaves’ findings would Classical Secularization Theorists (CST) includingthose like Chaves who are trying to re-build or re-construct CST identify as support fortheir paradigm? (In other words, is there evidence that religious authority changed overthe thirty-six or so years that Chaves analyzed the General Social Survey and theCongregations Study?) [nb: Please limit to 3 examples!]Q3) Which of Chaves’ findings would religious vitality scholars (e.g. Stark) identify assupport for their paradigm, that is, anomalous for CST? [nb: as with Q2 please limit to 3These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.examples]Q4) Which findings from the book were interesting but not clearly about secularization (orreligious vitality)? [nb: limit to maximum of 3 examples.]ASSIGNMENT DETAILS:Answer the above questions (Q1-Q4) on 1-2 double-spaced pages. Use 1-inch margins andTimes New Roman 12-point font. Submit the paper in pdf format.Please submit the assignment online to eCampus prior to class and bring a hardcopy or a digitalcopy to
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