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Explain the two key insights Durkheim made at the end of the 19th century and how they affect the study of religion.

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Explain the concept of ethnography.

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Identify the key characteristics of a worldview and explain how those characteristics contribute to the study of religion.

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Explain the concept of the religious marketplace. In your answer, use at least one specific example from your own experience.

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Explain the difference between the sacred and the profane.

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Identify the main characteristics of belief. In your answer, explain how beliefs fit within the broader context of a tradition in which they exist.

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Explain the purpose of a ritual. To support your response, provide at least one example of how a ritual expresses a specific belief in a tradition.

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Explain the role that religious institutions play in a culture’s identity. In your response, give at least one specific example.

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Module 2: Religion and Daily Life

Explain the importance of creating an ethos.

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Explain the role of textual criticism in the study of religion.

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Explain the purpose of world construction. To support your response, provide at least one specific example from a major religious tradition. To support your response, provide at least one specific example from a major religious tradition.

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Explain the role of cosmology in religion. Cite at least one specific example from a religious tradition to support your answer.

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Explain the role of a theodicy in understanding the world. Support your response with at least one specific example from either your own experience or a major religious tradition.

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References

Include appropriately formatted references to scholarly sources to support the statements made in your report. Please refer to the Academic Writing Expectations Checklist for more information.

Use the following citation as an example: 

Kurtz, L. R. (2016). Gods in the global village: The world’s religions in sociological perspective (4th ed.) . SAGE.