Chapter 11 Learning Objectives

11.1 Describe the main differences between religious and scientific cosmologies.

11.2 Describe how religion and science are organized as social institutions.

11.3 Learn the history and the global impact of the five major world religions.

11.4 Define secularization, and discuss the main points of evidence for and against the secularization thesis.

11.5 Think about some of the ways that religion and science can coexist in contemporary society.