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  1. REL 134 Course Material - rel134dotcom

  2. REL 134 Course Material • REL 134 Week 1 Individual • REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1 • REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2 • REL 134 Week 1 DQ 3 • REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4 • REL 134 Week 2 Individual • REL 134 Week 2 DQ 1 • REL 134 Week 2 DQ 2 • REL 134 Week 2 DQ 3 • REL 134 Week 2 DQ 4 • REL 134 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Christianity and the Arts Presentation • REL 134 Week 3 DQ 1 • REL 134 Week 3 DQ 2 • REL 134 Week 3 DQ 3 • REL 134 Week 3 DQ 4 • REL 134 Week 4 Individual • REL 134 Week 4 DQ 1 • REL 134 Week 4 DQ 2 • REL 134 Week 4 DQ 3 • REL 134 Week 4 DQ 4 • REL 134 Week 5 Learning Team • REL 134 Week 5 DQ 1 • REL 134 Week 5 DQ 2 REL 134 Entire Course REL 134 Entire Course

  3. REL 134 Course Material • 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? • How do religious traditions view the world and humanity’s place in it? How do religious traditions respond to issues of gender? REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1 REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2

  4. REL 134 Course Material • From the reading, what are the basic elements of religion? • What are some difficulties in trying to define religion and religious beliefs? REL 134 Week 1 DQ 3 REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4

  5. REL 134 Course Material • 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 • Choose a key moment in the Biblical history of the Jewish people. How does this moment relate to the main religious beliefs of the Jewish faith? REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of Religious Traditions Paper REL 134 Week 2 DQ 1

  6. REL 134 Course Material • What influence has Judaism had on the Western world? Provide examples of this influence? • What do the terms brahman, atman, maya, karma, samsara, and moksha mean? How do these terms relate to each other in Hindu teachings? REL 134 Week 2 DQ 2 REL 134 Week 2 DQ 3

  7. REL 134 Course Material • What forms of devotion and spirituality are common in Hinduism? • Prepare a 700-1050 Words Paper on Jewish holy days: • Rosh Hashanah • Yom Kippur • Sukkot • Hanukkah • Purim • Passover • Shavuot REL 134 Week 2 DQ4 REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy Days Paper

  8. REL 134 Course Material • How was the New Testament formed and recognized in the early Church? What issues were critical to including a writing in the New Testament? • How does Christianity exhibit a pluralistic character? Compare Christian practices and sacraments among its many different denominations REL 134 Week 3 DQ 1 REL 134 Week 3 DQ2

  9. REL 134 Course Material • Do you identify Buddhism as a religion? Why or why not? How does it contrast with other traditional religions? • 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? REL 134 Week 3 DQ3 REL 134 Week 3 DQ4

  10. REL 134 Course Material • Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you explain how the chosen works illustrate the following: • Basic Christian beliefs that emerged in the early church • Historical development of the three major traditions • Contrasts among the Christian traditions • 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? REL 134 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Christianity and the Arts Presentation REL 134 Week 4 DQ1

  11. REL 134 Course Material • What was the influence of Islam on the arts and sciences? How does the past influence compare with today’s influence? • What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto are characteristic of Eastern religious traditions studied in this course? REL 134 Week 4 DQ2 REL 134 Week 4 DQ3

  12. REL 134 Course Material • How does Confucianism differ with Taoism? • Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Islam Worksheet available on the student website. REL 134 Week 4 DQ4 REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment Islam Worksheet

  13. REL 134 Course Material • How has the idea of the sacred or holy created conflict between these three Western religious traditions? • What threats do the Western religious traditions face in a more secular world? How are they coping with these threats? REL 134 Week 5 DQ 1 REL 134 Week 5 DQ2

  14. REL 134 Course Material • 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: • Historical connections and theological similarities with the other two religions—this section is limited to 350 to 700 words • Contemporary struggles within the religion and with the other two religions REL 134 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Contemporary Issues

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