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  1. rel134 Course Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

  2. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Entire Course REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1 • 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 • 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?

  3. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2 REL 134 Week 1 DQ 3 • How do religious traditions view the world and humanity’s place in it? How do religious traditions respond to issues of gender? • From the reading, what are the basic elements of religion?

  4. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4 REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment • What are some difficulties in trying to define religion and religious beliefs? • 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

  5. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 2 DQ1 REL 134 Week 2 DQ2 • 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? • What influence has Judaism had on the Western world? Provide examples of this influence?

  6. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 2 DQ3 REL 134 Week 2 DQ4 • What do the terms brahman, atman, maya, karma, samsara, and moksha mean? How do these terms relate to each other in Hindu teachings? • What forms of devotion and spirituality are common in Hinduism?

  7. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment REL 134 Week 3 DQ 1 • Prepare a 700-1050 Words Paper on Jewish holy days: • Rosh Hashanah • Yom Kippur • How was the New Testament formed and recognized in the early Church? What issues were critical to including a writing in the New Testament?

  8. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 3 DQ2 REL 134 Week 3 DQ3 • How does Christianity exhibit a pluralistic character? Compare Christian practices and sacraments among its many different denominations • Do you identify Buddhism as a religion? Why or why not? How does it contrast with other traditional religions?

  9. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 3 DQ4 REL 134 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment • 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? • Choose an example of Christian art, music, or architecture from each of the following: • Eastern icons • Western Medieval

  10. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 4 DQ1 REL 134 Week 4 DQ2 • 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? • What was the influence of Islam on the arts and sciences? How does the past influence compare with today’s influence?

  11. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 4 DQ3 REL 134 Week 4 DQ4 • What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto are characteristic of Eastern religious traditions studied in this course? • How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?

  12. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment REL 134 Week 5 DQ 1 • Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Islam Worksheet available on the student website. • How has the idea of the sacred or holy created conflict between these three Western religious traditions?

  13. rel 134 Course Tutorial REL 134 Week 5 DQ2 REL 134 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment • What threats do the Western religious traditions face in a more secular world? How are they coping with these threats? • 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:

  14. rel134 Course Tutorial For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

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