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2026 unit information
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1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week (recordings provided)
1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week
1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided)
1 x 1-hour online seminar per week
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Religion has played a prominent role in the public sphere in the last two decades due to processes of globalisation and mediatisation. Societies are increasingly religiously and spiritually diverse and non-religious, largely as a result of widespread movement of people, and global media is increasingly shaping our societies and influencing public policies. In addition, religion has frequently been the subject of public debate and concern regarding issues of values, gender and sexuality equity, wellbeing and environmental risks. This unit examines the nexus between freedoms, harms and religions, through the study of theories of religious diversity and religious freedom. These theories will then be applied to a range of issues pertaining to religion, violence and peacebuilding, spirituality, wellness, gender and sexuality, and animal rights in and beyond Australia.
Each unit in your course is a building block towards Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes - not all units develop and assess every Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO).
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Analyse sociology of religion theories on religious diversity and religious freedom from Australian and international contexts
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO7: Teamwork
Clearly communicate the findings and analyses of sociology of religion concepts and theories in written and oral formats to a range of audiences, individually and in a team
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO6: Self-management
Critically evaluate theoretical approaches to, and current practices and policies of, religious diversity and religious freedom at individual, community and state levels
GLO8: Global citizenship
Develop and propose new theories and policies for religion and governance individually and in a team
GLO5: Problem solving
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for ASR300 can be found via the University Library. Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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