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REL 134 Entire Course REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1

REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Studying Religion

    REL 134 Week 1 Knowledge Check   REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1     REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2     REL 134 Week 1 DQ 3     REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4     REL 134 Week 2 Indivi

Why should we study religions?  What are some of the methods used to study religions? What are some of the problems and questions sometimes associated with them?

REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2 REL 134 Week 1 DQ 3

How do religious traditions view the world and humanity’s place in it? How do religious traditions respond to issues of gender?

How do religious traditions view the world and humanity’s place in it? How do religious traditions respond to issues of gender?

REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4 REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Studying Religion

How do religious traditions view the world and humanity’s place in it? How do religious traditions respond to issues of gender?

Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper that addresses the following topics:

What is essential (in the practices and beliefs) for a tradition to be called a religion?

Illustrate your points by referring to the commonalities of the three Western religions.

How do different fields of study approach religion?

What are some critical issues in the academic study of religion?

Include specific examples from the various religious traditions described in the Week 1 readings, such as a belief in one God or many gods and goddesses, church on Sunday, holy mountains, or the Quakers calling each other friends. You may also include examples from your own religious tradition or another religious tradition with which you are familiar.

Format your paper consistent

REL 134 Week 1 Knowledge Check

REL 134 Week 2 DQ 1

1. The prophetic orientation in religion

emphasizes 2. A mystical orientation in religion is

characterized by 3. A sacramental orientation in religion

is characterized by 4. Pantheism is the belief 5. Among many reasons for the

existence of religions, religions exist to help people

6. Which of the following has been of

special value in the new appreciation for and understanding of indigenous religions?

7.

Choose a key moment in the Biblical history of the Jewish people. How does this moment relate to the main religious beliefs of the Jewish faith?

REL 134 Week 2 DQ 2 REL 134 Week 2 DQ 3 (Course)

• What influence has Judaism had on the Western world? Provide examples of

• What do the terms brahman, atman, maya, karma, samsara, and moksha mean? How do these terms relate to each other in Hindu teachings

REL 134 Week 2 DQ 4 REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History of Judaism

What forms of devotion and spirituality are common in Hinduism?

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following:

A summary of the life and importance of one key person in Jewish history

An explanation of one key event in the history of Judaism that is connected to that person

A description of any rituals, symbols, or sacred texts in Judaism associated with this event or person

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy Days Paper

REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy Days Worksheet

Prepare a 700-1050 Words Paper on Jewish holy days:

 Rosh HashanahYom KippurSukkotHanukkahPurimPassover

Complete the Material: Common Holy Days in Jewish Religious Traditions

REL 134 Week 2 Knowledge Check

REL 134 Week 3 DQ 1

1.The Jewish view of God

is best expressed as2.The Jewish Day of

Atonement, the most sacred day of the Jewish year, is

3.The Jewish Sab

How was the New Testament formed and recognized in the early Church? What issues were critical to including a writing in the New Testament?

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 How does Christianity

exhibit a pluralistic character? Compare Christian practices and sacraments among its many different denominations

Do you identify Buddhism as a religion? Why or why not? How does it contrast with other traditional religions?

REL 134 Week 3 DQ 4REL 134 Week 3 Individual Assignment Christianity Presentation

• What are the Three Jewels of Buddhism? What are the Four Noble Truths? What are the steps of the Noble Eightfold Path? How do these teachings

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® comparing two of the following branches of Christianity:

CatholicOrthodoxProtestantPentecostalNontraditional

REL 134 Week 3 Knowledge Check

REL 134 Week 4 DQ 1

In Jesus’ time, what power controlled Israel?

2.The Protestant Reformation was started by

3.Which of these books is found in the New Testament?

4.Perhaps the

• Islam means, at its root, “surrender”. How does Islamic

REL 134 Week 4 DQ 2 REL 134 Week 4 DQ 3

• What was the influence of Islam on the arts and sciences? How does the past influence compare

• What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto are characteristic of Eastern religious traditions

REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment Islam Worksheet

REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment Understanding Islam

• Complete the: Islam Worksheet available on the

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following:

Brief summary of the history of Islam

Explain the importance of these elements for Muslims:

Qur'an Five Pillars Ramadan

Describe significant differences and similarities in how the branches of Islam (Sunni, Shiite, and Sufi) practice their traditions.

Format your paper consistent

REL 134 Week 5 DQ 2 REL 134 Week 5 Individual Assignment Modern Challenges

• What threats do the Western religious traditions face in a more secular

Choose one of the religions discussed in this course.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that addresses the following questions:

What are common characteristics the assigned religion shares with the others?

How is this religion responding to challenges in the modern world?

What has

REL 134 Week 5 Knowledge Check

REL 134 Week4 Knowledge Check

1.The founder of which of these Christian denominations was female?

2.One sign of a religious cult is that the movement

3.The word pagan comes from pagus, a Latin word that means

4.Literally, Theosophy means

5.Baha’i emerged from6.In Scientology

1.Islam particularly stresses

2.Islam literally means3.Observant Muslims

do not allow4.Muslims trace

themselves back ultimately to what great patriarch?

5.A remembrance

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