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REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1
REL 134 Entire Course
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?
REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Studying
Religion REL 134 Week 1 Knowledge Check REL 134
Week 1 DQ 1 REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2 REL 134 Week 1 DQ
3 REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4
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REL 134 Week 1 DQ 3
REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2
From the reading, what are the basic elements of
religion?
How do religious traditions view the world and
humanitys place in it? How do religious
traditions respond to issues of gender
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REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Studying
REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4
Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper that addresses
the following topics What is essential (in the
practices and beliefs) for a tradition to be
called a religion?
What are some difficulties in trying to define
religion and religious beliefs?
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REL 134 Week 2 DQ 1
REL 134 Week 1 Knowledge Check
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?
1.The prophetic orientation in religion
emphasizes 2.A mystical orientation in religion
is characterized by
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REL 134 Week 2 DQ 3
REL 134 Week 2 DQ 2
What do the terms brahman, atman, maya, karma,
samsara, and moksha mean? How do these terms
relate to each other in Hindu teachings?
What influence has Judaism had on the Western
world? Provide examples of this influence?
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History
REL 134 Week 2 DQ 4
Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
that includes the following A summary of the
life and importance of one key person in Jewish
history
What forms of devotion and spirituality are
common in Hinduism?
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy
REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History
Prepare a 700-1050 Words Paper on Jewish holy
days Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Hanukkah
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes
the following A summary of the life and
importance of one key person in Jewish history
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REL 134 Week 3 DQ 1
REL 134 Week 2 Knowledge Check
How was the New Testament formed and recognized
in the early Church? What issues were critical to
including a writing in the New Testament?
1.The Jewish view of God is best expressed
as 2.The Jewish Day of Atonement, the most sacred
day of the Jewish year, is 3.The Jewish Sabbath
is kept from 4.Judaism traces itself back to what
legendary patriarch who is written about in the
book of Genesis?
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REL 134 Week 3 DQ 3
REL 134 Week 3 DQ 2
Do you identify Buddhism as a religion? Why or
why not? How does it contrast with other
traditional religions?
How does Christianity exhibit a pluralistic
character? Compare Christian practices and
sacraments among its many different denominations
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REL 134 Week 3 Individual Assignment Christianity
REL 134 Week 3 DQ 4
Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
comparing two of the following branches of
Christianity Catholic Orthodox Protestant
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?
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REL 134 Week 4 DQ 1
REL 134 Week 3 Knowledge Check
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?
.In Jesus time, what power controlled
Israel? 2.The Protestant Reformation was started
by 3.Which of these books is found in the New
Testament?
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REL 134 Week 4 DQ 3
REL 134 Week 4 DQ 2
What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto
are characteristic of Eastern religious
traditions studied in this course?REL 134 Week 4
DQ3
What was the influence of Islam on the arts and
sciences? How does the past influence compare
with todays influence?
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REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment Islam
REL 134 Week 4 DQ 4
Complete the University of Phoenix Material
Islam Worksheet available on the student website
How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?REL 134
Week 4 DQ4 How does Confucianism differ with
Taoism?
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REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Understanding
REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes
the following Brief summary of the history of
Islam Explain the importance of these elements
for Muslims
Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
that includes the following Brief summary of the
history of Islam Explain the importance of these
elements for Muslims Qur'an Five Pillars Ramadan
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REL 134 Week 5 DQ 2
REL 134 Week 5 DQ 1
What threats do the Western religious traditions
face in a more secular world? How are they coping
with these threats?REL 134 Week 5 DQ2
How has the idea of the sacred or holy created
conflict between these three Western religious
traditions?
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REL 134 Week 5 Knowledge Check
REL 134 Week 5 Individual Assignment Modern
1.The founder of which of these Christian
denominations was female? 2.One sign of a
religious cult is that the movement 3.The word
pagan comes from pagus, a Latin word that means
Choose one of the religions discussed in this
course. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that
addresses the following questions
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REL 134 Week4 Knowledge Check

1.Islam particularly stresses 2.Islam literally
means 3.Observant Muslims do not allow 4.Muslims
trace themselves back ultimately to what great
patriarch?
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