Understanding  Christianity

In order to better understand Christianity, each student is required to make 1 visits to Christian churches and groups. There are limits to what can be learned about religious communities from books, lectures and class discussions. The sights, smells and sounds of a religion in action are just as significant.

Given the current COVID crisis, students can visit an online service or an in-person service.

Students have to visit 1 of the 3 divisions of Christianity (Eastern Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism).. STUDENTS SHOULD MAKE SURE THEIR 1 GROUPS ARE FROM DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF CHRISTIANITY. If A STUDENT IS UNSURE WHICH DIVISION OF CHRISTIANITY A GROUP BELONGS TO, THEY SHOULD ASK THE PROFESSOR FOR ASSISTANCE.

After each visit, students are required to write a 750-word report on the visit

Visit is due by midnight CT 11/13.

In Week 13 Discussion 14’s topic will be everyone’s visits. This will allow students to do collaborative learning.

Each visit report is worth 115 points.

Each visit report is graded using the grading rubric posted on Blackboard.

Visit Reports should include:
• General Information
• Full name, address and religious affiliation of the group
• Date and time of visit
• Name and type of service attended

• Observations
• Describe the facility outside and inside.
• Describe the congregation—ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, age, number present (Does this equal the number of members?)
• Describe the service attended: make sure to include as many beliefs, lifestyle issues, rituals and institutions seen
• Compare and Contrast the two groups visited by discussing 2 similarities and/or differences between groups in the 2nd visit report.
• Personal Reactions

Students should honesty talk about how they felt about the service attended. The professor has heard it all—good and bad. But, say more than “I really liked it” or “I really disliked it.” Students should discuss these feelings. They should not say something like, “I don’t really have any reaction.”

• Other Guidelines
• Students cannot visit their own religious group
• Students cannot visit a former religious group unless permission has been given by the professor
• Students can go alone or with a fellow student, friend, spouse or significant other
• Students can go to an alternative service. The service does not have to be a Sunday AM service
• Check the web, ask friends or work colleagues about where to go. In a city such as Nashville, all three divisions are amply represented.
• Students should feel free to ask about possible places to visit.

Could you please do it on an Eastern Christianity branch or Protestant branch since I already did a report on Roman Catholic