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REL 134 Entire Course
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
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Assignment History of Judaism REL 134 Week 2
Individual Assignment History of Judaism
Presentation REL 134 Week 2 Knowledge Check REL
134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy Days
Worksheet (2 Sheets) REL 134 Week 2 DQ 1 REL 134
Week 2 DQ 2 REL 134 Week 2 DQ 3
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REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1
REL 134 Week 1 DQ1 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?
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REL 134 Week 1 DQ 2
REL 134 Week 1 DQ2 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 DQ 3
REL 134 Week 1 DQ 3 From the reading, what are
the basic elements of religion?
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REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4
REL 134 Week 1 DQ4 What are some difficulties in
trying to define religion and religious beliefs?
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REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Studying
Religion
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? Illustrate your points by
referring to the commonalities of the three
Western religions. How do different fields of
study approach religion? What are some critical
issues in the academic study of religion?
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REL 134 Week 1 Knowledge Check
1.The prophetic orientation in religion
emphasizes 2.A mystical orientation in religion
is characterized by 3.A sacramental orientation
in religion is characterized by 4.Pantheism is
the belief 5.Among many reasons for the existence
of religions, religions exist to help
people 6.Which of the following has been of
special value in the new appreciation for and
understanding of indigenous religions? 7.The
teachings of indigenous religions are typically
conveyed by all of the following except 8.In a
holistic culture, 9.In religious studies, the
word myth means
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REL 134 Week 2 DQ 1
REL 134 Week 2 DQ1 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?
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REL 134 Week 2 DQ 2
REL 134 Week 2 DQ 2 What influence has Judaism
had on the Western world? Provide examples of
this influence?
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REL 134 Week 2 DQ 3
REL 134 Week 2 DQ 3 What do the terms brahman,
atman, maya, karma, samsara, and moksha mean? How
do these terms relate to each other in Hindu
teachings?
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REL 134 Week 2 DQ 4
REL 134 Week 2 DQ 4 What forms of devotion and
spirituality are common in Hinduism?
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History of
Judaism Presentation
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 An explanation of one key event in the
history of Judaism that is connected to that
person A description of any rituals, symbols, or
sacred texts in Judaism associated with this
event or person Format your references consistent
with APA guidelines. Present your Judaism
Presentation. For Online students, these are
Microsoft PowerPoint presentations with notes.
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History of
Judaism
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 An
explanation of one key event in the history of
Judaism that is connected to that person A
description of any rituals, symbols, or sacred
texts in Judaism associated with this event or
person Format your paper consistent with APA
guidelines.
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy
Days Worksheet (2 Sheets)
This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
Prepare a 700-1050 Words Paper on Jewish holy
days Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Hanukkah Pur
im Passover
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REL 134 Week 2 Knowledge Check
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? 5.Covenant means 6.The
biblical book that describes the origins of the
human race is
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REL 134 Week 3 DQ 1
REL 134 Week 3 DQ1 How was the New Testament
formed and recognized in the early Church? What
issues were critical to including a writing in
the New Testament?
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REL 134 Week 3 DQ 2
REL 134 Week 3 DQ 2 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 DQ 3
REL 134 Week 3 DQ3 Do you identify Buddhism as a
religion? Why or why not? How does it contrast
with other traditional religions?
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REL 134 Week 3 DQ 4
REL 134 Week 3 DQ4 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 3 Individual Assignment Christianity
Presentation (2 PPT)
  This Tutorial contains 2 Different PPT Create
a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
comparing two of the following branches of
Christianity Catholic Orthodox Protestant Penteco
stal Nontraditional/Alternative
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REL 134 Week 3 Knowledge Check
1.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? 4.Perhaps the most important ritual of
Christianity is a sign of entry into the church,
or 5.Easter, as a celebration of the
resurrection, is associated with the color 6.The
major Christian rituals, such as baptism and
Eucharist, are often called
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REL 134 Week 4 DQ 1
REL 134 Week 4 DQ1 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?
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REL 134 Week 4 DQ 2
REL 134 Week 4 DQ 2 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 DQ 3
REL 134 Week 4 DQ3 What elements of Taoism,
Confucianism, and Shinto are characteristic of
Eastern religious traditions studied in this
course?REL 134 Week 4 DQ3 What elements of
Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto are
characteristic of Eastern religious traditions
studied in this course?
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REL 134 Week 4 DQ 4
REL 134 Week 4 DQ 4 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 Islam
Worksheet
Complete the University of Phoenix Material
Islam Worksheet available on the student website.
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REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Understanding Islam Presentation
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 Describe significant differences
and similarities in how the branches of Islam
(Sunni, Shiite, and Sufi) practice their
traditions. Format your references consistent
with APA guidelines.
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REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Understanding Islam
 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 Qur'an Five Pillars Ramadan Describe
significant differences and similarities in how
the branches of Islam (Sunni, Shiite, and Sufi)
practice their traditions. Format your paper
consistent with APA guidelines.
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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? 5.A remembrance of what Muhammad said
or did is called 6.Regarding the afterlife,
Muslims believe 7.Muhammad was born and raised
in 8.Which country had a large Muslim population
for almost 800 years? 9.The Islamic month of
fasting is called 10.The chanter who calls people
to prayer is called
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REL 134 Week 5 DQ 1
REL 134 Week 5 DQ1 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 DQ 2
REL 134 Week 5 DQ2 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 What threats do the Western
religious traditions face in a more secular
world? How are they coping with these threats?
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REL 134 Week 5 Individual Assignment Modern
Challenges
Choose one of the religions discussed in this
course. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that
addresses the following questions What are
common characteristics the assigned religion
shares with the others? How is this religion
responding to challenges in the modern
world? What has changed about the roles of women
in the religion over time? Cite at least five
references in addition to the textbook. Format
your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Create
a 1-page handout to summarize the key ideas of
your paper. This can be a bulleted list with a
short summary of your findings.
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REL 134 Week 5 Knowledge Check
 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 4.Literally, Theosophy means 5.Bahai
emerged from 6.In Scientology, the state of full
mental liberation is called 7.The desire for a
separation of church and state came about as the
result of 8.The view of religion as an outdated
method for providing solutions to lifes problems
was espoused by
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