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• REL 134 Entire Course

• REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1

• 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 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 Individual Assignment History of
  Judaism
• REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History of
  Judaism Presentation
• REL 134 Week 2 Knowledge Check
• REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy
  Days Worksheet (2 Sheets)
• REL 134 Week 2 DQ 1
• REL 134 Week 2 DQ 2
• REL 134 Week 2 DQ 3
• REL 134 Week 2 DQ 4

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• REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2

• REL 134 Week 1 DQ 3

• How do religious traditions view the world and
  humanitys place in it? How do religious
  traditions respond to issues of gender?

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

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• REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4

• REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Studying
  Religion

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

• 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?

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• REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Studying
  Religion

• REL 134 Week 1 Knowledge Check

• 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

• 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?
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• REL 134 Week 2 DQ 1

• REL 134 Week 2 DQ 2

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

• 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?

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• REL 134 Week 2 DQ 3 (Course)

• REL 134 Week 2 DQ 4

• 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 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History of
  Judaism Presentation

• REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History of
  Judaism

• 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

• Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft
  PowerPoint 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

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• REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy
  Days Paper

• REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy
  Days Worksheet

• Complete the Material Common Holy Days in Jewish
  Religious Traditions

• Prepare a 700-1050 Words Paper on Jewish holy
  days
•  
• Rosh Hashanah
• Yom Kippur
• Sukkot
• Hanukkah
• Purim
• Passover
• Shavuot
•  
• Include in your paper

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• REL 134 Week 2 Knowledge Check

• REL 134 Week 3 DQ 1

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

• The Jewish view of God is best expressed as
• 2.
• The Jewish Day of Atonement, the most sacred day
  of the Jewish year, is
• 3.
• The Jewish Sabbath is kept from
• 4.
• Judaism traces itself back to what legendary
  patriarch who is written about in the book of
  Genesis?
• 5.
• Covenant means

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• REL 134 Week 3 DQ 2

• REL 134 Week 3 DQ 3

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

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• How does Christianity exhibit a pluralistic
  character? Compare Christian practices and
  sacraments among its many different denominations

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• REL 134 Week 3 DQ 4

• REL 134 Week 3 Individual Assignment Christianity
  Presentation

• Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint co
  mparing two of the following branches of
  Christianity
• Catholic
• Orthodox
• Protestant
• Pentecostal
• Nontraditional/Alternative
• Include a brief history of the two traditions and
  a comparison of their approach to the Bible, art,
  specific symbols, and rituals as well as core
  beliefs.

• 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 134 Week 3 Knowledge Check

• REL 134 Week 4 DQ 1

• Islam means, at its root, surrender. How does
  Islamic belief and practice reflect the
  importance of surrendering to Allah?  How is this
  idea expressed in similar ways in Judaism and
  Christianity?

• 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 most important ritual of
  Christianity is a sign of entry into the church,
  or
• 5.Easter, as a celebration of the resurrection,
  is associated with the color
• 6.The major Christian rituals, such as baptism
  and Eucharist, are often called
• 7.The view that the end of the world is near is
  called
• 8.Literally, gospel means
• 9.In 1054, what happened between the Eastern and
  Western Church?
• 10.Orthodox literally means

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• REL 134 Week 4 DQ 2

• REL 134 Week 4 DQ 3

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

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

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• REL 134 Week 4 DQ 4

• REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment Islam
  Worksheet

• Complete the Islam Worksheet available on the
  student website.

• How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?

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• REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment
  Understanding Islam Presentation

• REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment
  Understanding Islam

• 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

• Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft
  PowerPoint 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

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• REL 134 Week 5 DQ 1

• REL 134 Week 5 DQ 2

• What threats do the Western religious traditions
  face in a more secular world? How are they coping
  with these threats?

• How has the idea of the sacred or holy created
  conflict between these three Western religious
  traditions?

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• REL 134 Week 5 Individual Assignment Modern
  Challenges

• REL 134 Week 5 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.Bahai emerged from
• 6.In Scientology, the state of full mental
  liberation is called
• 7.The desire for a separation of church and state
  came about as the result of

• 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 changed about the roles of women in the
  religion over time?

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• REL 134 Week4 Knowledge Check

• .Islam particularly stresses
• 2.Islam literally means
• 3.Observant Muslims do not allow
• 4.Muslims trace themselves back ultimately to
  what great patriarch?
• 5.A remembrance of what Muhammad said or did is
  called
• 6.Regarding the afterlife, Muslims believe
• 7.Muhammad was born and raised in
• 8.Which country had a large Muslim population for
  almost 800 years?
• 9.The Islamic month of fasting is called

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