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REL 134 Entire Course

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• REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of
  Religious Traditions Paper
• REL 134 Week 1 DQ1
• REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2
• REL 134 Week 1 DQ 3
• REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4
• REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy
  Days Paper
• REL 134 Week 2 DQ1
• REL 134 Week 2 DQ2

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REL 134 Week 1 DQ1

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• Why should we study religions?  What are some of
  the methods used to study religions? What are
  some of the problems and questions sometimes
  associated with them?

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REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2

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• How do religious traditions view the world and
  humanitys place in it? How do religious
  traditions respond to issues of gender?

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REL 134 Week 1 DQ 3

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• From the reading, what are the basic elements of
  religion?

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REL 134 Week 1 DQ4

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• What are some difficulties in trying to define
  religion and religious beliefs?

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REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of
Religious Traditions Paper

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• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that does the
  following
• Explains how religious traditions describe and
  encourage the following relationships
• Relationship with the divine
• Relationship with sacred time
• Relationship with sacred space or the natural
  world
• Relationship with each other

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REL 134 Week 2 DQ2

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• What influence has Judaism had on the Western
  world? Provide examples of this influence?
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REL 134 Week 2 DQ3

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• What do the terms brahman, atman, maya, karma,
  samsara, and moksha mean? How do these terms
  relate to each other in Hindu teachings?
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REL 134 Week 2 DQ4

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• What forms of devotion and spirituality are
  common in Hinduism?

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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy
Days Paper

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• Prepare a 700-1050 Words Paper on Jewish holy
  days
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• Rosh Hashanah
• Yom Kippur
• Sukkot
• Hanukkah
• Purim
• Passover
• Shavuot
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• Include in your paper
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REL 134 Week 3 DQ 1

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• How was the New Testament formed and recognized
  in the early Church? What issues were critical to
  including a writing in the New Testament?

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REL 134 Week 3 DQ2

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• How does Christianity exhibit a pluralistic
  character? Compare Christian practices and
  sacraments among its many different denominations
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REL 134 Week 3 DQ3

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• Do you identify Buddhism as a religion? Why or
  why not? How does it contrast with other
  traditional religions?

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REL 134 Week 3 DQ4

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• What are the Three Jewels of Buddhism? What are
  the Four Noble Truths? What are the steps of the
  Noble Eightfold Path? How do these teachings
  inform the practice of Buddhism?
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REL 134 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
Christianity and the Arts Presentation

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• Choose an example of Christian art, music, or
  architecture from each of the following
• Eastern icons
• Western Medieval
• Renaissance
• Modern
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REL 134 Week 4 DQ1

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• Islam means, at its root, surrender. How does
  Islamic belief and practice reflect the
  importance of surrendering to Allah?  How is this
  idea expressed in similar ways in Judaism and
  Christianity?
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REL 134 Week 4 DQ2

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• What was the influence of Islam on the arts and
  sciences? How does the past influence compare
  with todays influence?
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REL 134 Week 4 DQ3

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• What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto
  are characteristic of Eastern religious
  traditions studied in this course?

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REL 134 Week 4 DQ4

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• How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?

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REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment Islam
Worksheet

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• Complete the University of Phoenix Material
  Islam Worksheet available on the student website.

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REL 134 Week 5 DQ 1

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• How has the idea of the sacred or holy created
  conflict between these three Western religious
  traditions?
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REL 134 Week 5 DQ2

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• What threats do the Western religious traditions
  face in a more secular world? How are they coping
  with these threats?
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REL 134 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
Contemporary Issues in Western Religions Paper
and Presentation

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• Resource Understanding Religious Beliefs and
  Traditions II simulation
• Choose one of the Western religious traditions
  discussed in the course.
• Write a 2,100- to 2,450-word paper about the
  contemporary issues facing the Western religious
  traditions studied in this course. The paper
  should discuss the following

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REL 133 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
Contemporary Issues in Eastern Religions Paper
and Presentation

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• Consult the facilitator regarding the assignment
  of one of the Eastern religious traditions
  studied in the course.
• Field Exercise Learning Team members visit a
  sacred site of the specific religion. While all
  do not need to visit the same location at the
  same time, each member is required to contribute
  their own experience in the Final Paper and
  Presentation
• Write a 2,100- to 2,450-word paper about the
  contemporary issues facing the assigned Eastern
  religious tradition in which you

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