{"id":106267,"date":"2021-04-18T21:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T02:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/31215-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T15:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:07:56","slug":"religion-and-sociology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sociology of Your Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/Ramadan_kareem.svg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-110250\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/Ramadan_kareem.svg\" alt=\"A drawing of a moon and stars that says &quot;Ramadan Kareem.&quot;\" width=\"193\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a>This past week was the start of Islam\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ramadan-2021-calendar-fasting-prayer-times-1583194\">holy month of Ramadan<\/a>. For 1.8 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationsonline.org\/oneworld\/muslim-countries.htm\">Muslims around the world<\/a>, Ramadan involves not only prayer but also sunrise-to-sundown fasting and nightly feasting. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/12\/us\/ramadan-muslim-coronavirus-vaccine-fasting-wellness-trnd\/index.html\">pandemic has resulted in increased precautions<\/a> at holy sites and mosques and in family homes, the fundamentals of this month remain the same. Let us take a few minutes to examine not just Islam but the broader sociological topic of religion.<\/p>\n<p>Islam, like Christianity and Judaism, is a <strong>monotheistic<\/strong> religion, meaning that its followers <em>worship a single god<\/em>. Like the other two religions, Islam has its notions of the <strong>sacred<\/strong>, <em>things set apart and requiring special religious treatment<\/em>, and the <strong>profane<\/strong>, <em>ordinary and familiar realm of everyday existence<\/em>. The Qur\u02be\u0101n is the sacred text for Muslims, and as such, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/guides\/zpmm97h\/revision\/3\">it should be handled with respect<\/a>. This is different from how you would handle a school textbook or a tabloid magazine. In fact, all religions with sacred texts prescribe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/archive\/how-religions-handle-disposal-religious-texts\">how to handle and even dispose of them<\/a>. In addition to religious texts, physical spaces can also be sacred. The holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia are sacred cities. Non-Muslims cannot visit Mecca and are restricted in certain parts of Medina. While nonbelievers may scoff at these restrictions or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-42071018#:~:text=Non%2DMuslims%20are%20prohibited%20from,were%20open%20to%20the%20public.\">even violate them<\/a>, it is important to remember that the followers of the religion are the ones who get to decide what is sacred and what is profane in their religion, not outsiders or nonbelievers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-110251\" src=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The mosque of Mecca.\" width=\"248\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the notions of sacred and profane, religions also have <strong>beliefs<\/strong>, <em>ideas generally held to be true within society<\/em>. Not surprisingly, the beliefs of one religion may be radically different from another. Even within the same religion, there may be different branches with very distinct belief systems. Under Islam, the branches are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/articles\/the-major-branches-of-islam.html#:~:text=As%20with%20all%20other%20world,the%20successor%20of%20the%20religion.\">Sunni, Shi\u2019a, Ibadi, Ahmadiyya, and Sufism<\/a>. These branches can be subdivided further into various sects. The behaviors or practices in these branches and sects may vary from one another. What often doesn\u2019t vary is the strong sense of solidarity or belonging the adherents feel toward their particular group. Note, in this context, solidarity refers to group unity and does not necessarily imply <strong>fundamentalism<\/strong>, <em>a strict adherence to conservative religious ideology. <\/em>One can have a powerful sense of belonging to any group of any ideological strip \u2014 whether conservative, liberal, or somewhere in between.<\/p>\n<p>This sense of belonging brings up a good point. We often think that belief is the core requirement for religious adherence. In fact, according to Durkheim, the solidarity or group unity people feel toward their religion is not simply about the beliefs they share but also the practices or rituals they engage in. Sociologically, this speaks to the notion of <strong>religiosity<\/strong>, <em>the beliefs and behaviors associated with transcendent or spiritual concerns<\/em>. During Ramadan, these practices include the <em>su\u1e25\u016br<\/em> or predawn meal, abstaining from food and even water throughout the day, <em>if\u1e6d\u0101r<\/em> the communal meal that breaks the daily fast, and prayers throughout the day. These rituals, in conjunction with beliefs, not only strengthen Muslims\u2019 connection to God but also to Islam and each other.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Thompson is a co-owner of\u00a0<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>UITAC Publishing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><b><i>. UITAC\u2019s mission is to provide high-quality, affordable, and socially responsible online course materials.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 3 []\">Images used in this blog:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ak-ol\" start=\"1\">\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Ramadan_kareem.svg\">Ramadan kareem<\/a>&#8221; by openclipart is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/deed.en\">CC0 1.0<\/a>. This image has not been altered.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A9.jpg\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629<\/a>&#8221; by <a class=\"new\" title=\"User:\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0645 \u062e\u0627\u0644\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0648\u0627\u062d\u064a (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=User:%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0645 \u062e\u0627\u0644\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0648\u0627\u062d\u064a<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>. This image has not been altered.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week was the start of Islam\u2019s holy month of Ramadan. For 1.8 billion Muslims around the world, Ramadan involves not only prayer but also sunrise-to-sundown fasting and nightly feasting. While the pandemic has resulted in increased precautions at holy sites and mosques and in family homes, the fundamentals of this month remain the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":110251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-race-and-ethnicity","category-religion-and-spiritual-beliefs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Sociology of Your Religion - In The NEWS Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the different Islamic religions during the month of Ramadan and how sociology in religion matters.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Sociology of Your Religion - In The NEWS Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the different Islamic religions during the month of Ramadan and how sociology in religion matters.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"In The NEWS Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-19T02:00:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-29T15:07:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"426\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Angela Thompson, Ph.D\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uitacpublishing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uitacpublishing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Angela Thompson, Ph.D\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Angela Thompson, Ph.D\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/57e6677d37133017c879133bcd14b7c7\"},\"headline\":\"The Sociology of Your Religion\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-19T02:00:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-29T15:07:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":582,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Race and Ethnicity\",\"Religion and Spiritual Beliefs\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Sociology of Your Religion - In The NEWS Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-19T02:00:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-29T15:07:56+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover the different Islamic religions during the month of Ramadan and how sociology in religion matters.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":426,\"caption\":\"The mosque of Mecca.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/religion-and-sociology\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Sociology of Your Religion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"In The NEWS Blog\",\"description\":\"UITAC Blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"In The NEWS Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/inthenewsblog-1.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/inthenewsblog-1.svg\",\"width\":1136,\"height\":394,\"caption\":\"In The NEWS Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/uitacpublishing\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/uitac-publishing\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@UITACScholar\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/UITACPublishing\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/57e6677d37133017c879133bcd14b7c7\",\"name\":\"Angela Thompson, Ph.D\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b14155c7fd3643e40dbcd78b9fa432d7364d5ac83fab3acdb84d11a3b28d3cfa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b14155c7fd3643e40dbcd78b9fa432d7364d5ac83fab3acdb84d11a3b28d3cfa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b14155c7fd3643e40dbcd78b9fa432d7364d5ac83fab3acdb84d11a3b28d3cfa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Angela Thompson, Ph.D\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uitac.com\\\/inthenewsblog\\\/author\\\/angela\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Sociology of Your Religion - In The NEWS Blog","description":"Discover the different Islamic religions during the month of Ramadan and how sociology in religion matters.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Sociology of Your Religion - In The NEWS Blog","og_description":"Discover the different Islamic religions during the month of Ramadan and how sociology in religion matters.","og_url":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/","og_site_name":"In The NEWS Blog","article_published_time":"2021-04-19T02:00:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-29T15:07:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":426,"url":"http:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Angela Thompson, Ph.D","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uitacpublishing","twitter_site":"@uitacpublishing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Angela Thompson, Ph.D","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/"},"author":{"name":"Angela Thompson, Ph.D","@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/#\/schema\/person\/57e6677d37133017c879133bcd14b7c7"},"headline":"The Sociology of Your Religion","datePublished":"2021-04-19T02:00:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-29T15:07:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/"},"wordCount":582,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg","articleSection":["Race and Ethnicity","Religion and Spiritual Beliefs"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/","url":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/","name":"The Sociology of Your Religion - In The NEWS Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-19T02:00:29+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-29T15:07:56+00:00","description":"Discover the different Islamic religions during the month of Ramadan and how sociology in religion matters.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/04\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0643\u0631\u0645\u0629.jpg","width":640,"height":426,"caption":"The mosque of Mecca."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/religion-and-sociology\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Sociology of Your Religion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/","name":"In The NEWS Blog","description":"UITAC Blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/#organization","name":"In The NEWS Blog","url":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/inthenewsblog-1.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/inthenewsblog-1.svg","width":1136,"height":394,"caption":"In The NEWS Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/uitacpublishing","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/uitac-publishing\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@UITACScholar","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/UITACPublishing\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/#\/schema\/person\/57e6677d37133017c879133bcd14b7c7","name":"Angela Thompson, Ph.D","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b14155c7fd3643e40dbcd78b9fa432d7364d5ac83fab3acdb84d11a3b28d3cfa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b14155c7fd3643e40dbcd78b9fa432d7364d5ac83fab3acdb84d11a3b28d3cfa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b14155c7fd3643e40dbcd78b9fa432d7364d5ac83fab3acdb84d11a3b28d3cfa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Angela Thompson, Ph.D"},"url":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/author\/angela\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106267"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111096,"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106267\/revisions\/111096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uitac.com\/inthenewsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}