Write eassay one page NOT double spaced after listen to audio for one hour

5 points possible. Listen to Professor Scott Atran talk, “Measuring Religion: Sacred Values in Human Conflict” Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict. You need to go to this website: https://csrc.asu.edu. 

Scroll down to the section on bottom left “stay up to date”, click on “podcast” and then when that opens in iTunes, scroll down until you find the talk, dated Nov. 13, 2014. Start at 1 minute 20 seconds. Listen to the podcast at least up to the 58 minutes and 22 seconds point (you may skip the Questions  & Answer session that follows). This is an audio-only podcast.

Write a 500-600 word essay that, in one page, single spaced, typed (11 or 12 point font, 1 inch margins), answers the following questions. Put your first and last name at the top of the page. Be sure to cite specifics from the talk, and give the approximate time of the statements or ideas you are citing(e.g., 10' 40"). Your paper must have at least 3 legitimate time citations or it will be docked 1 grade step from what it otherwise would have been and you need to demonstrate that you are taking into account the entire talk—that you did not just listen to one part of it.

Professor Atran argues that one cannot negotiate a sacred value. First, describe in your own words: what are the four features of sacred values that he discusses? Second, according to Professor Atran, how does religion contribute to the creation of solidarity and a capacity for collective (cooperative) action among large numbers of people? Third, he asks what one can do when people are “locked into battle over sacred values.” What is one of his suggestions and why does he think it would help or it would not help? Is his explanation convincing to you? Why or why not? Be sure to consider what he said about the features of sacred values and how religion creates group solidarity. Be sure to listen to the entire podcast up to the Question and Answer part (58 min, 22 seconds) before answering all of the above. Be sure to use specific details from the talk to illustrate your point, and give approximate times in parentheses as references to what you are describing or analyzing.