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REL 134 Entire Course  For more course
tutorials visit www.rel134.com   REL 134 Week 1
Individual Assignment Studying Religion REL 134
Week 1 Knowledge Check
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REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com   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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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  For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com   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?
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REL 134 Week 1 Knowledge Check  For more course
tutorials visit www.rel134.com   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
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REL 134 Week 2 DQ 1 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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  For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com   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
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History of
Judaism  For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com   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
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy
Days Worksheet (2 Sheets) Â For more course
tutorials visit www.rel134.com  This Tutorial
contains 2 Different Papers Prepare a 700-1050
Words Paper on Jewish holy days Rosh Hashanah
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REL 134 Week 2 Knowledge Check  For more course
tutorials visit www.rel134.com   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
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REL 134 Week 3 DQ 1 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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) Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com   This Tutorial contains 2
Different PPT Create a 10- to 12-slide
Microsoft PowerPoint comparing two of the
following branches of Christianity Catholic Ortho
dox
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REL 134 Week 3 Knowledge Check  For more course
tutorials visit www.rel134.com   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?
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REL 134 Week 4 DQ 1 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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
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REL 134 Week 4 DQ 4 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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  For more
course tutorials visit www.rel134.com   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
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REL 134 Week 4 Individual Assignment
Understanding Islam  For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com   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
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REL 134 Week 5 DQ 1 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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 Â For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com  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
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REL 134 Week 5 Individual Assignment Modern
Challenges  For more course tutorials
visit www.rel134.com   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?
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REL 134 Week 5 Knowledge Check  For more course
tutorials visit www.rel134.com   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
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REL 134 Week4 Knowledge Check  For more course
tutorials visit www.rel134.com   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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