Religion HW

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Topic for Module 1: WHAT IS RELIGION?

1) Download Workbook 1

2) View “Welcome” Presentation A, Course Overview & B, Software Overview

3) Purchase Revealing World Religions 5.2 at:

http://shop.thinkingstrings.com/revealing-world-religions-5-2/

4) View Lecture 1

5) View Video

6) Revealing World Religions e-book, “Exploring Religions,” sections 1-3

7) Quiz 1

8) Communication 1: Email Reflection 1

9) Upload your Workbook ALL ASSIGNMENTS DUE WED 6/3/15, 11:55 PM

When answering the Workbook questions you do not need to repeat the question in your answer. You may answer the Workbook questions by simply copying the answer from the lecture/video/e-book without citing your source or using quotation marks. For all other assignments, viz., postings and the paper, you should always cite your sources and use quotation marks when copying word-for-word.

When you upload your Workbook, upload the entire file including all of the directions.

When typing your answer, please begin your answer on the next line (or leave one blank line and then your answer). Also leave a blank line after your answer before the next question. Be sure to also to highlight or bold your answer (highlighting preferred). Do not put your answer in all caps. You do not need to indent your answer, but you may if you wish. One point will be deducted for improper formatting.

Correct format:

1. What color is the sky?

Blue

Correct format:

1. What color is the sky?

Blue

Incorrect format:

1. What color is the sky? Blue

Incorrect format:

1. What color is the sky?

Blue

2. How many birds are in a flock?

4) View Lecture 1 via TITANium (10 min) & Answer Questions below

1. What is the primary purpose of this course?

2. List the names of the five countries with the largest populations (in population order).

3. What are the primary differences between the statistics of religious believers worldwide and the statistics of religious believers in the United States?

4. What’s the difference between a “question of meaning” and a “question of truth”?

5. List three possible benefits to studying religions.

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5) View Video via TITANium & Answer Questions below

Video: Great Religions of the World (10 minutes)

6. It is thought that the first basic religious systems developed in response to the human search for meaning, social order, and environmental control. Explain.

7. With what did many early religions associated special powers?

8. According to the video, why did religious systems become more complex?

9. What’s the difference between an “ethnic” and a “universal” religion?

10. Major religious systems of the present can be divided into what two geographically distinct traditions?

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6) Revealing World Religions E-book, “Exploring Religions,” sections 1-3

Section 1: What is Religion?

11. What does it mean to say that a definition of religion is polythetic?

12. How do scholars use the term “myth”?

13. What is the importance of “ritual”?

14. What is a religious specialist?

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COMPLETE ELECTRONIC EXERCISES AT END OF THIS SECTION

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Section 2: Types of Religion

15. List the two major religions from South Asia.

16. List the two major religions from East Asia.

17. List the four largest religions that are usually classified as “ethnic.”

18. List the three religions that are usually classified as “universal.”

19. List the three major religions from the Middle East.

20. What does it mean to say that “God is immanent”?

21. What does it mean to say that “God is transcendent”?

22. What is “pantheism”?

23. What is “panentheism”?

24. What is “polytheism”?

25. What is “monotheism”?

26. What is “monism”?

27. What does it mean to say that “the divine is ineffable”?

28. What is “atheism”?

29. What is “agnosticism”?

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COMPLETE ELECTRONIC EXERCISES AT END OF THIS SECTION

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Section 3: Studying Religion

30. What is the perspective of “functionalism” on religion?

31. What is the “confessional” perspective on religion?

32. List any three academic fields that study religion.

Grading Rubrics for Workbooks

Criteria	A+	A-	B+	B-	C	D	F
Completion	All questions are thoroughly answered. 2.5	All questions are answered, and most are answered thoroughly. 2.3	All questions are answered, and many are answered thoroughly. 2.2	All but one or two questions are answered, and many are answered thoroughly. 2.0	All but three or four questions are answered, and some are answered thoroughly. 1.9	Some questions are answered, and many answers are brief. 1.7	Less than half of the questions are answered. 0
Accuracy	All answers are perfectly accurate. 2.5	All answers are accurate, but some lack precision. 2.3	Almost all answers are accurate, but some lack precision. 2.2	Almost all answers are accurate, but many lack precision. 2.0	Most answers are accurate, but many lack precision. 1.9	Some answers are accurate, and many lack precision. 1.7	Most of the answers are incorrect. 0

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COMPLETE ALL MODULE 1 ASSIGNMENTS BY WED 6/1/16, 11:55 PM