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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note: Religion and Science.

  • UPSC 2006, 2001
  • Religion and Society

Religion, in Émile Durkheim's definition, is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things that unites believers into a moral community. Science is systematic, testable knowledge of the empirical world. Sociology asks how the two relate, and its answer has changed over a century and a half.

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  • Common ground and difference
  • Four phases in sociological thinking
  • Indian context
  • Conclusion

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