Religion homework please!

Site Visit Interview Site:

- Religion - Denomination:

Interviewee:

- Name: - Sex: - Age: - Occupation:

For you to analyze at the house of worship

1. How is Eliade’s theory of sacred space and time is manifested in this house of worship?

a. What would you consider is the “Axis Mundi,”? Why? b. What kinds of functions are the rituals/ceremonies achieving?

2. Scholars who apply a functional analysis to their study of religious rituals refer to their social values. Can you think of social values (including some unconscious ones) that some specific rituals may serve in this community?

3. Describe what you heard and saw impacted you.

For you to ask your interviewee

1. What religion and denomination does your interview identify with?

2. What does religion mean to her/him? How important is religion in his or her life?

a. For you to consider: Does s/he perceive religion from a more essential or functional perspective or both?

3. Describe how they understand the divine. What are the main characteristics of God/the sacred?

4. What is their favorite/ preferred sacred time (festival, ritual, ceremony) of the year? Why?

5. What is one sacred symbol that is particularly meaningful to them, and why? What does this sacred symbol represent to them? Why is it powerful and how does it transform them?

6. Theodicy- how do they understand the problem of evil? Why does evil happen to good

people?

7. According to your interviewee, what is the biggest misunderstanding about their religion? Why is it problematic?

8. What do they think about the role of religion in our every-day secular life? Should religion

be more involved or isolated from the public sphere?

Paper Rules For this assignment you have three options:

1. Paper: 1200-1500 words, double-spaced, 12-size font, and cited correctly. (MLA, APA).

• Three academic sources outside our textbook and the interview are required for this project. Check with instructor if you are not sure about the legitimacy of your sources.

o Use our FIU library. o Don’t use Wikipedia.

2. video format of about 5-7 minutes. The video must be well edited, feature interviewees, images, and good quality audio. You will still have to write a script and include a bibliography. Examples of the video format will be provided.

Video example: https://youtu.be/JhLN7dtukig

3. Audio format: 5-7 minutes. Just like the video, it must be well edited, feature interviewees, natural sound, and good quality audio. You will still have to write the script and include a bibliography. Examples of the audio format will be provided.

• Audio examples: BBC radio: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nxhj6 NPR radio:

• www.npr.org/2015/06/20/415973913/in-ramadan-saudi-families-break-bread-and- watch-tv- dramas

Resources Writing Center

• https://writingcenter.fiu.edu FIU Library

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