Analyze and contextualize it, both as historical and theological source, including what is its place in Islamic history.

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Islamic history

Pick one of the three following primary sources:

  1. Exchange of letters between the Umayyad Caliph Abdulmalik Ibn Marwan and al-Hasan al-Basrî, on God enabling man to disobey him.
  2. Abd al-Jabbar on Gods will and Human freedom, from his commentary on the five principals.
  3. Abū al-Hasan al-Ash’arî, on God’s creation of Man’s disobedience, from his book of brightness.

Analyze and contextualize it, both as historical and theological source, including what is its place in Islamic history.

Why are there so many Christian Denominations?

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Christian Denominations

Why are there so many Christian Denominations?

When and where did Santeria originate?

 How many followers of Santeria do we have in the US and in Latin America? What kind of people do practice this religion in the US (education, economic status, ethnicity, race)?



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DISCUSSION ESSAY

  • Week 11 (April 5) Assignment 3 due: “Santeria” (Textbook)

Questions:

1. What is meaning of the name “Santeria”? Is it a positive terminology or a derogatory one? Explain.

  1. When and where did Santeria originate?
  2. How many followers of Santeria do we have in the US and in Latin America? What kind of people do practice this religion in the US (education, economic status, ethnicity, race)?
  3. Why does the author suggest that Santeria is not really a minority religion?
  1. Does the author of this textbook colonize or decolonize knowledge about Santeria (Use specific examples). How? In so doing explain how Santeria has been perceived in Cuba and in the US.
  2. Did this book change the way you previously thought about Santeria? How?
  3. What are the fundamental beliefs of Santeria and what do you like or dislike about those beliefs?
  1. Explain Santeria’s attitude toward other religions and toward Jesus
  2. What does Santeria have in common with Christianity? In addressing this question Compare the moral values of Santeria and those of Christianity, as well as their vision of God. List clearly the moral values taught in Santeria religion. Do you think that Santeria is a monotheistic religion or a polytheistic religion? Why?
  3. Keeping in mind the Christian Ten Commandments, identify and articulate a list of Santeria moral values
  4. What is the most important thing you learned from this assignment and how did it help you achieve the educational goals of our course?

Choose two stories of interreligious encounter which you found to be the most interesting and/or surprising and explain why you found them to be so.

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Discussion question

Question:

Choose two stories of interreligious encounter which you found to be the most interesting and/or surprising and explain why you found them to be so.

Note your answer should be around 250 words in length and you should cite two sentences that support your answer or that you think is related to the answer. in the citation just include the page number for example: “Virtue is power, force, strength; evil is weakness.” (p307)

  • https://www.studypool.com/questions/download?id=2805223&path=uploads/questions/799372/20230411212045my_neighbors_faith___3_19___25_35.pdf&fileDownloadName=attachment_1

What was the most interesting thing that you learned about in these two pages? Why was it interesting? Why is it important to know about this piece of Christian history in order to better understand the Christian religion as a whole?

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RELIG DB 6

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%…

Part One: The Gospel of Mark

This week we read the Gospel of Mark, which scholars believe is the earliest of the four canonical Gospels (in other words it was likely written before Matthew, Luke, and John). In the first part of your Discussion Board response, I would like to hear more about your reaction to this Gospel.

Respond to the following questions concerning the Gospel of Mark:

  1. What were your expectations of this Gospel? Did you have any prior experience reading it or hearing about it? How did you imagine that it would describe the life of Jesus? Were those expectations confirmed or was it different from what you thought it would be?
  2. What surprised or fascinated you most about Mark’s portrayal of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus?
  3. Overall, how do you think Mark wants the reader to understand Jesus? What particular attributes of his personality, teaching, healings, and/or death is he trying to emphasize?

Be sure to include at least one quotation from the Gospel of Mark in your responses to these questions.

Part Two: Let’s Look Deeper Pages

This week you also read about the documentation for Jesus and early Christianity in sources other than the Christian Bible as well as some groups in the first few centuries of Christianity that had different ideas of who Jesus was.

Respond to the following questions concerning the “Let’s Look Deeper” pages:

  1.  What was the most interesting thing that you learned about in these two pages? Why was it interesting?
  2.  Why is it important to know about this piece of Christian history in order to better understand the Christian religion as a whole?

Be sure to include at least one quotation from the “Let’s Look Deeper” pages in your responses to these questions.

*Further Instructions:

Your initial discussion board response must be at least 500 words long and contain two direct quotes from the readings (one from each of the two readings for this week).

SOURCES 1: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%…

Who was Jesus? Where was he born? When? What religion/culture was Jesus raised in? Where did he live most of his life? What was Galilee like?

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RELIGION STUDY GUIDE 5

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. DO NO PLAGIARIZE

Jesus’ World

1. Who was Jesus? Where was he born? When?

2. What religion/culture was Jesus raised in?

3. Where did he live most of his life?

4. What was Galilee like?

5. What type of job did Jesus likely have?

6. What happens at the end of Jesus’ life?

The Roman Empire: Religion, Society and Culture

7. What are some features of Roman Religion as it was practiced during Jesus’ life?

8. What was the status of Judaism in the Roman Empire during Jesus’ life?

9. What was the political unrest that was occurring in Judea before, during and after Jesus’ life?

10. Who was Herod the Great? Who was Herod Archelaus?

11. Who was Pontius Pilate? What was his role in Judea?

12. Who was Caligula? And what did he do in 37 CE?

13. What was the Jewish Revolt? What happened because of it?

14. Jewish Society and Religion in the First Century

15. Was Judaism a monolithic religion or community in Jesus’ life?

16. What were the four main sects of Judaism at this time? And what were some important characteristics of each?

17. However, which sect did most Jews at this time belong to?

18. What was common to all of these groups?

19. What are the “insider” and “outsider” perspective and why is it important to look at both when studying the life of Jesus?

20. What is the difference between a “historical” and “biblical” view of Jesus?

21. What are the criterion that historians look to when determining what information in the Gospels is historically reliable about Jesus’ life?

22. Who was Jesus baptized by?

23. What is an “apocalyptic prophet” and how does that term apply to Jesus?

24. Who did Jesus associate with?

25. Who did Jesus argue with?

26. How did Jesus die and who killed him?

27. What happened after his death?

Does the author of this textbook colonize or decolonize knowledge about Santeria (Use specific examples). How? In so doing explain how Santeria has been perceived in Cuba and in the US.

 Did this book change the way you previously thought about Santeria? How?




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Religion Question

Questions:

1. What is meaning of the name “Santeria”? Is it a positive terminology or a derogatory one? Explain.

  1. When and where did Santeria originate?
  2. How many followers of Santeria do we have in the US and in Latin America? What kind of people do practice this religion in the US (education, economic status, ethnicity, race)?
  3. Why does the author suggest that Santeria is not really a minority religion?
  1. Does the author of this textbook colonize or decolonize knowledge about Santeria (Use specific examples). How? In so doing explain how Santeria has been perceived in Cuba and in the US.
  2. Did this book change the way you previously thought about Santeria? How?
  3. What are the fundamental beliefs of Santeria and what do you like or dislike about those beliefs?
  1. Explain Santeria’s attitude toward other religions and toward Jesus
  2. What does Santeria have in common with Christianity? In addressing this question Compare the moral values of Santeria and those of Christianity, as well as their vision of God. List clearly the moral values taught in Santeria religion. Do you think that Santeria is a monotheistic religion or a polytheistic religion? Why?
  3. Keeping in mind the Christian Ten Commandments, identify and articulate a list of Santeria moral values
  4. What is the most important thing you learned from this assignment and how did it help you achieve the educational goals of our course?

Write 400-450 words on what you learned or what was highlighted for you through this activity. Apply at least one grand theory to your analysis of this experience.

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Spoon Theory

Fill out the attached excel spreadsheet. The goal of this activity is to manage your life as best possible without overusing the spoons you have at your disposal.

Column A provides the activity you engage in and column B indicates the number of spoons each of those activities takes. For example, by simply getting out of bed (1 spoon) and coming to class (4 spoons) you are spending 5 spoons. If you have to drive to campus you are using another 3 spoons.

For column C (the Thursday where you have 30 spoons available) use a normal Thursday where you are attending class.

For the full week (columns D-J) where you only have 12 spoons available each day you are at least attending class with me on Tuesday/Thursday. As you move through the week indicate how many spoons you are starting with each day in row 4.

If you go over your allotment of spoons, you will run a deficit the next day. For each spoon you go over by, you will lose two spoons the next day (e.g., if you use 13 spoons on Monday, you’ll only have 10 on Tuesday). If you do not use all of your spoons, you do not get to carry them over with you to the next day (e.g., if you only use 11 spoons on Monday, you still only have 12 on Tuesday).

In column K fill in your spoon usage as if we were back in remote instruction (and in the height of Covid precautions) as if you only had 12 spoons to use. Again, this is for a Thursday when I know you’re at least attending class (4 spoons), but you may not have to get out of bed.

At the bottom of the sheet write 400-450 words on what you learned or what was highlighted for you through this activity. Apply at least one grand theory to your analysis of this experience.

Why did you choose this particular reading? what interested you about it? Did you find the reading beautiful? or disturbing? What did you learn about Hinduism from this reading?

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HINDU READING

This week you read two short passages by two very famous Hindus – Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Ramakrishna. For your discussion board, choose one of  these readings and discuss your thoughts and reaction to it.

  1. In your response you can respond to any of the following questions:
  • Why did you choose this particular reading? what interested you about it?
  • Did you find the reading beautiful? or disturbing?
  • What did you learn about Hinduism from this reading?
  • Is there something about the reading that confused you or that you would like to know more about?
  • Was there an idea or opinion in the reading that you strongly agreed or disagreed with? Why do you agree/disagree with it?
  1. You must also provide at least one similarity or difference between the way Hinduism is presented by both authors (this is where you can include your second quote from the other reading).

 

 

Discuss in your own words the geographical regions of the Ancient Near East.

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Religion Question

Discuss in your own words the geographical regions of the Ancient Near East.