After reading the “General Introduction” in Richard D. Hecht and Vincent F. Biondo III, Editors, RELIGION AND CULTURE: CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES AND PERSPECTIVES (2012) [from now on referred to as “the textbook”], pp. vii-xxii, answer EACH question in one paragraph of at least 100 words. At the end of this exercise, you will have three well-developed paragraphs with no less than 300 words (3 X 100 each)
1) Summarize different theologians’ ideas (or definitions) of ‘religion and culture’.
2) In what way did Schempp vs. Abington Township case change the academic climate of religious studies?
3) What do you think about the idea of RELIGION & CULTURE being both ‘performative’ forms?
