3-4 pgs

1. First Essay: Your READING essay on Religious Terrorism (Part Two)

Due: Monday, April 6 (before 10pm)

Assigned Reading: Juergensmeyer, Chs. 1, 10, and 11

 

Discussion Starters for your Primary Essay (here are some suggestions to get your going in your essay). Don't feel limited by these ideas. They are meant to get your intellectual "juices" going. Go beyond them! Share with us what you really leaned in this book. What did you take issue with? Where do you go from here?

 

1. How would you describe religious terrorism "from the inside?"

2. What role does marginalization play in the actions of religious terrorists?

3. How could belief in God lead to one to commit acts of terror?

4. Describe the particular shape of terror in the postmodern world

5. How could religious violence be cured?

6. REQUIRED: Discuss the five possible outcomes of the war on terror identified by Juergensmeyer.

What am I looking for in this essay? Let me briefly list the key points: 

1. Evidence that you have carefully read, taken notes on, and thought about the  assigned reading for the module: deeply embedded in your essay is an “annotated  outline” of the content you wish to cover. That outline should be somewhat visible to  the reader. Typically, your essay should have 3-4 key points that you elaborate upon  in full, robust paragraphs. Make sure that you provide ample quotes and references  from the assigned reading itself (cf. point 2 below). Think of this essay as a "proof"  that you have actually read and studied the specific assignment and NOT COPIED  AND PASTED FROM OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES. Copying online sources is the  "kiss of death" in this class. DON'T USE OTHER SOURCES IN THE COMPOSITION OF  YOUR READING ESSAY--STAY FOCUSED ON THE ASSIGNED READING ONLY. 

2. Elaboration of the key ideas that you wish to cover in the essay: This elaboration is  supplemental to the main ideas. It “puts meat on the bare bones” of the essay. How 

can you supplement your main ideas? You should quote from the assigned reading  itself (include the page number(s) from the assigned reading when appropriate). 

3. I am looking for a discussion that is approximately 3-4 pages single-spaced, space  between paragraphs, in length. You should write out your essay on a word  processing program such as MS Word, or the like, and copy and paste it into the  FORUM dialogue box. DO NOT POST MODULAR ASSIGNMENTS BY ATTACHMENT.