| Oct 24 |
Discussion:
chapter 7
(sacred community)
Lectures: Beliefs
about Ultimate Reality
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Chapter 7
Online quiz
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Last day to withdraw from class:
Monday, October 31 |
| Oct 31 |
Discussion:
chapter 8 (Deity)
Video (Campbell: Masks of Eternity)
The Question of Origins |
Chapter 8
Online quiz
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Exploration Option:
Proving God
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| Nov 7 |
Discussion:
chapter 9 (Cosmogony)
Lecture:
The nature &
Meaning of Life |
Chapter 9
Online quiz
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Exploration Options:
The Question of Origins
Creation
Stories
Reflection Paper #2 (5%)
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| Nov 14 |
Discussion:
chapter 10 (the Human
Problem)
Lectures: Suffering
and Evil |
Chapter 10
Online quiz
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| Nov 21 |
Discussion:
chapter 11 (Evil & Suffering)
Video (Kushner)
Lectures: Morality
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Chapter 11
Online quiz
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| Nov 28 |
Discussion: chapter 12
(Ethics &
Morality)
Lectures:
Spiritual practices
Death
and the afterlife
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Chapter 12
Online quiz
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Encounter
& Dialogue Report (10%)
(due anytime before this date)
Exploration Option #2 (5%) (last
chance)
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No late submissions,
Exploration Essays, or revisions after this date |
| Dec 5 |
Discussion: chapter 13
(Salvation
& Liberation)
Lectures:
Responses
to Religious Diversity
Church
& State |
Chapter 13
Online quiz
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Reflection
Paper #1 (5%)
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| Dec 12 |
Discussion: chapter 14
(secularization & Fundamentalism)
Discussion:
15 (Women in religion, Religion and the state) |
Chapter 14
Online quiz
Chapter 15
Online quiz
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Essay: "Religion is..."
(5%)
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| Dec 19 |
Final Exam 5 - 6:50 PM
to be done in computer lab
(room #TBA) |
Essay:
“Why Study Religion?”
(5%)
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