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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Introduction to Religion

Religion as a concept

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Extra Credit

Extra credit grades will replace the lowest quiz grade that is not dropped. If two extra credit assignments are completed they will replace the lowest two quiz grades. If your quizes are all above a 7 the extra credit will add 4 points to the final exam grade (for a possible total of 8 points)

Read one of the following books or watch one of the following movies and then write up a two to three page response paper to that book or movie.


Books:

Sidartha by Herman Hesse

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Chosen by Chiam Potock

Monkey by Wu Ch’eng-en (Trans. Arthur Waley)

Q by Luther Blissett (highly recommended)


Movies:

Gandhi

Black Robe

The Little Buddha

Malcolm X

Seven Years in Tibet

Kundun

The Cup

The Message

Links of interest

  • J.Z. Smith interview
  • American Academy of Religion
  • Yahoo list of faiths and practices

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NJM
Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy and Religion. I have a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Manitoba.
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