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REL 133 Entire Course
REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of
Religious Traditions Paper REL 133 Week 1 DQ
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Week 1 DQ 4 REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment
Four Yogic Paths and Jainism Worksheet REL 133
Week 2 DQ 1 REL 133 Week 2 DQ 2 REL 133 Week 2 DQ
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REL 133 Week 1 DQ 1
How do you define the word religion? What
elements are commonly associated with religious
traditions?  
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REL 133 Week 1 DQ 2
How do you define the word sacred? How do
religious traditions orient their conception and
location of the sacred?
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REL 133 Week 1 DQ 3
From the reading, what are the basic elements of
religion?  
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REL 133 Week 1 DQ 4
What are some difficulties in trying to define
religion and religious beliefs?
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REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of
Religious Traditions Paper
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that does the
following   Describes these basic components of
religious traditions and their relationship to
the sacred   What a religious tradition saysits
teachings, texts, doctrine, stories, myths, and
others What a religious tradition doesworship,
prayer, pilgrimage, ritual, and so forth
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REL 133 Week 2 DQ 1
What are the Vedas? How do the Upanishads differ
from the Vedas?
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REL 133 Week 2 DQ 2
What are the stages of life in traditional Hindu
teaching? Imagine you are a practicing Hindu.
Which life stage are you in? How does it affect
your daily activities?
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REL 133 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 133 Week 2 DQ 4
What forms of devotion and spirituality are
common in Hinduism?
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REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Four Yogic
Paths and Jainism Worksheet
Resource Understanding Religious Beliefs and
Traditions I simulation Complete the University
Material Four Yogic Paths and Jainism Worksheet
located on the student website.
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REL 133 Week 3 DQ 1
What were the key experiences in the life of the
Buddha? Why were those experiences important?
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REL 133 Week 3 DQ 2
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 133 Week 3 DQ 3
Do you identify Buddhism as a religion? Why or
why not? How does it contrast with other
traditional religions?
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REL 133 Week 3 Individual Assignment Buddhism
Worksheet
Complete the University Material Buddhism
Worksheet located on the student website.  
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REL 133 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Buddhism
Presentation
Resource Buddhism Worksheet Consult the
facilitator regarding the assignment of one of
the following Buddhist traditions Theravada
Buddhism Mahayana Buddhism Vajrayana Buddhism
Zen Buddhismas a special school of Mahayana
Buddhism
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REL 133 Week 4 DQ 1
What are the basic elements of early Chinese
belief? How did these elements influence later
beliefs?
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REL 133 Week 4 DQ 2
How would you describe the two main, early
teachers of Daoism Laozi (Lao Tzu) and Zhuangzi
(Chauang Tzu)? How did each influence the
development of Daoism?
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REL 133 Week 4 DQ 3
What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto
are characteristic of Eastern religious
traditions studied in this course?
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REL 133 Week 4 DQ 4
  How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?
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REL 133 Week 5 DQ 1
What are the common characteristics of the
Eastern religious traditions?
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REL 133 Week 5 DQ 2
What are the effects of science on religion in
the modern world? Do religions have an effect on
science? Explain how.
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REL 133 Week 5 Individual Assignment Common
Elements of Eastern Religious Traditions
Choose three of the Eastern religious traditions
studied in the course. Complete the University
Material Common Elements of Eastern Religious
Traditions template located on the student
website.
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REL 133 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
Contemporary Issues in Eastern Religions Paper
and Presentation
Consult the facilitator regarding the assignment
of one of the Eastern religious traditions
studied in the course. Field Exercise Learning
Team members visit a sacred site of the specific
religion. While all do not need to visit the
same location at the same time, each member is
required to contribute their own experience in
the Final Paper and Presentation Write a 2,100-
to 2,450-word paper about the contemporary issues
facing the assigned Eastern religious tradition
in which you Discuss the common characteristics
the assigned religion shares with the others.
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