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RE2004_Assessment_Template_ToBuild_62722.docxRE2004 Assessment Template
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Walden University, CBE Indigenous Religious Traditions
Explain key tenets of indigenous religious practices and beliefs
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Module 1: Indigenous Religions Overview
Explain how economic factors have influenced the development of indigenous religious traditions. Include at least one specific example in your response.
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Explain why oral traditions are a common influence on indigenous religious traditions. In your response, include a comparison of the influence of an oral tradition to the influence of a sacred text.
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Explain the significance of ancestors for indigenous religions. Provide at least one specific example of this significance to support your response.
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Identify key characteristics of leadership in indigenous regions and how this understanding of leadership differs from Western religions.
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Module 2: Pantheism, Shamanism, and Animism
Identify three things that drive people toward pantheism. In your response, explain the specific connection between at least one driver and the pantheistic understanding of the divine.
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Explain the difference between distributive pantheism and collective pantheism. Be sure to make specific reference to the way that each concept relates to the cosmos in your response.
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Explain at least two characteristics that distinguish a shaman from other members of a shamanic community. In your response, be sure to discuss the role of the shaman.
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Explain the connection between shamans and rituals. Provide at least one example of the specific role a shaman plays in the meaning of a ritual to support your response.
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Explain the key characteristics of animism and how each incorporates the connection between the material and spiritual worlds.
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Explain two problems that animism poses for studying the relationship between religion and nature. In your response, provide at least one specific example to illustrate one of your selected problems.
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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.
