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- 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
- How do you define the word religion? What
elements are commonly associated with religious
traditions?
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- 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 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 - Describes these basic components of religious
traditions and their relationship to the sacred - What a religious tradition saysits teachings,
texts, doctrine, stories, myths, and others
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- 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?
- What are the Vedas? How do the Upanishads differ
from the Vedas?
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- 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 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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- 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
- Complete the University Material Buddhism
Worksheet located on the student website. -
- Resource Buddhism Worksheet
- Consult the facilitator regarding the assignment
of one of the following Buddhist traditions - Theravada Buddhism
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Vajrayana Buddhism
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- What are the basic elements of early Chinese
belief? How did these elements influence later
beliefs?
- 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?
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- What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto
are characteristic of Eastern religious
traditions studied in this course?
- How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?
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- REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Daoism,
Confucianism, and Shinto
- Part 1 Reflections on the Daodejing (Tao Te
Ching) Worksheet - Complete the University Material Reflections on
the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) Worksheet located on
the student website.
- What are the common characteristics of the
Eastern religious traditions?
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- REL 133 Week 5 Individual Assignment Common
Elements of Eastern Religious Traditions
- What are the effects of science on religion in
the modern world? Do religions have an effect on
science? Explain how.
- 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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- REL 133 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
Contemporary Issues in Eastern Religions Paper
and Presentation
- Consult the facilitator regarding the assignment
of one of the Eastern religious traditions
studied in the course. - Field Exercise Learning Team members visit a
sacred site of the specific religion.
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