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• REL 133 Entire Course

• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 1

• How do you define the word religion? What
  elements are commonly associated with religious
  traditions?

• REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of
  Religious Traditions Paper
• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 1
• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 2
• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 3
• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 4
• REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Four Yogic
  Paths and Jainism Worksheet
• REL 133 Week 2 DQ 1
• REL 133 Week 2 DQ 2

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• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 2

• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 3

• How do you define the word sacred? How do
  religious traditions orient their conception and
  location of the sacred?

• From the reading, what are the basic elements of
  religion?

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• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 4

• REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of
  Religious Traditions Paper

• What are some difficulties in trying to define
  religion and religious beliefs?

• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that does the
  following
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•          Describes these basic components of
  religious traditions and their relationship to
  the sacred
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• What a religious tradition saysits teachings,
  texts, doctrine, stories, myths, and others
• What a religious tradition doesworship, prayer,
  pilgrimage, ritual, and so forth
• How a religious tradition organizesleadership,
  relationships among members, and so forth

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• REL 133 Week 2 DQ 1

• REL 133 Week 2 DQ 2

• What are the Vedas? How do the Upanishads differ
  from the Vedas?

• What are the stages of life in traditional Hindu
  teaching? Imagine you are a practicing Hindu.
  Which life stage are you in? How does it affect
  your daily activities?

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• REL 133 Week 2 DQ 4

• REL 133 Week 2 DQ 3

• What forms of devotion and spirituality are
  common in Hinduism?

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

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• REL 133 Week 3 DQ 1

• REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Four Yogic
  Paths and Jainism Worksheet

• What were the key experiences in the life of the
  Buddha? Why were those experiences important?

• Resource Understanding Religious Beliefs and
  Traditions I simulation
• Complete the University Material Four Yogic
  Paths and Jainism Worksheet located on the
  student website. 

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• REL 133 Week 3 DQ 3

• REL 133 Week 3 DQ 2

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

• 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
  inform the practice of Buddhism?

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• REL 133 Week 3 Individual Assignment Buddhism
  Worksheet

• REL 133 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Buddhism
  Presentation

• Resource Buddhism Worksheet
• Consult thefacilitator regarding the assignment
  of one of the following Buddhist traditions
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•          Theravada Buddhism
•          Mahayana Buddhism
•          Vajrayana Buddhism
•          Zen Buddhismas a special school of
  Mahayana Buddhism

• Complete the University Material Buddhism
  Worksheet located on the student website.

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• REL 133 Week 4 DQ 2

• REL 133 Week 4 DQ 1

• How would you describe the two main, early
  teachers of Daoism Laozi (Lao Tzu) and Zhuangzi
  (Chauang Tzu)? How did each influence the
  development of Daoism?

• What are the basic elements of early Chinese
  belief? How did these elements influence later
  beliefs?

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• REL 133 Week 4 DQ 4

• REL 133 Week 4 DQ 3

• How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?

• What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto
  are characteristic of Eastern religious
  traditions studied in this course?

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• REL 133 Week 5 DQ 1

• REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Daoism,
  Confucianism, and Shinto

• What are the common characteristics of the
  Eastern religious traditions?

• Part 1 Reflections on the Daodejing (Tao
  TeChing) Worksheet
• Complete the University Material Reflections on
  the Daodejing (Tao TeChing) Worksheet located on
  the student website.
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• Part 2 The Ideal Person
• Write a 350- to 700-word essay that describes the
  ideal person according to Confucius.
• Include the concepts of ren, li, shu, xiao,
  and wen.
• Format your essay consistent with APA guidelines.
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• REL 133 Week 5 Individual Assignment Common
  Elements of Eastern Religious Traditions

• REL 133 Week 5 DQ 2

• Choose three of the Eastern religious traditions
  studied in the course.
• Complete the University Material Common Elements
  of Eastern Religious Traditions template located
  on the student website.
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• What are the effects of science on religion in
  the modern world? Do religions have an effect on
  science? Explain how.

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• REL 133 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
  Contemporary Issues in Eastern Religions Paper
  and Presentation

• Consult thefacilitator regarding the assignment
  of one of the Eastern religious traditions
  studied in the course. 
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• Field Exercise Learning Team members visit a
  sacred site of the specific religion.  While all
  do not need to visit the same location at the
  same time, each member is required to contribute
  their own experience in the Final Paper and
  Presentation
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