The motive and method of the sociological study of religion

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the fundamental concern of sociologists on religion. This study investigates the peculiar interest of sociologists on religion. Religion both as a social phenomenon and as a universal need of human society must be understood. Sociological interpretations are based on empirical evidence. Images of social reality are subjected to experimental evidence. Scientific objectivity means that it is not the duty of the sociologist to evaluate, endorse, or condemn the content of religious belief. The sociological inquiry on religion does not involve the personal opinion of the researcher. Sociologists have described scientific objectivity variously as agnostic neutrality, academic morality and methodological atheism. The sociological perspective treats religious belief dispassionately as objects of study. In this paper, we have identified the fundamental concern of sociologists on religion both as a social institution and as an academic discipline.