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• REL 133 Entire Course
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• REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of
  Religious Traditions Paper
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• REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Common
  Practices in Religion
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• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 1

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• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 1
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• REL 133 Week 1 DQ1
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• 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
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• REL 133 Week 1 DQ2
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• 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
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• REL 133 Week 1 DQ3
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• From the reading, what are the basic elements of
  religion?

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• REL 133 Week 1 DQ 4
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• REL 133 Week 1 DQ4
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• What are some difficulties in trying to define
  religion and religious beliefs?

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• REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Common
  Practices in Religion
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• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses
  the following topics
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• What is the definition of religion?
• What are common practices and experiences across
  various world religions? Include indigenous
  religions in your discussion.
• What are some critical issues to the academic
  study of religion?
• Cite at least three (3) references in addition to
  the textbook.

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• REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of
  Religious Traditions Paper
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• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that does the
  following
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• Describes these basic components of
  religious traditions and their relationship to
  the sacred
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• 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 1 Quiz
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• A sacramental orientation in religion is
  characterized by
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• The transmission of indigenous religions is made
  more difficult by the fact that teachings are
  often conveyed in ways that are
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• REL 133 Week 2 DQ 1
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• REL 133 Week 2 DQ1
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• What are the Vedas? How do the Upanishads differ
  from the Vedas?

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• REL 133 Week 2 DQ 2
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• REL 133 Week 2 DQ2
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• 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
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• REL 133 Week 2 DQ3
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• 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
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• REL 133 Week 2 DQ4
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• 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
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• Resource Understanding Religious Beliefs and
  Traditions I simulation
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• Complete the University Material Four Yogic
  Paths and Jainism Worksheet located on the
  student website.

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• REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Hindu Gods
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• Visit the Sanatan Society website and select one
  deity to research.
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• Prepare an 8- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation (with Speaker's Notes) that
  addresses the following
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• Provide a brief history of Hinduism.
• Summarize the mythology and functions of one
  Hindu god or goddess.
• What is the role of the sacred texts in Hinduism?

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• REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jainism vs.
  Sikhism
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• Review the readings and other outside sources for
  information on the two religions.
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• Cite at least three (3) references in addition
  to the textbook.

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• REL 133 Week 2 Quiz
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• Bhakti means
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• The religious practice of ordinary Hindus is
  primarily
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• REL 133 Week 3 DQ 1
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• REL 133 Week 3 DQ1
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• 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
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• REL 133 Week 3 DQ2
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• 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
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• REL 133 Week 3 DQ3
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• 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 (2 Sheets)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Different Sheets
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• Complete the University Material Buddhism
  Worksheet located on the student website.

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• REL 133 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Buddhism
  Presentation
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• Consult thefacilitator regarding the assignment
  of one of the following Buddhist traditions
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• Theravada Buddhism

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• REL 133 Week 3 Quiz
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• Siddhartha Gautama is the name of
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• The Buddha lived about this time.
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• REL 133 Week 3 Team Assignment Buddhism Paper
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• Part I
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• Discuss the branches of Buddhism.
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• Share resources and record the differences
  between the schools.
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• Decide, individually, which school you will focus
  on for this assignment.

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• REL 133 Week 4 DQ 1
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• REL 133 Week 4 DQ1
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• 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
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• REL 133 Week 4 DQ2
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• 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
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• REL 133 Week 4 DQ3
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• 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
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• REL 133 Week 4 DQ4
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• How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?

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• REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Confucianism
  Paper
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• Write a 150- to 300-word essay on Confucianism
  that addresses the following topics
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• What are the Five Great Relationships?
• How is the Ideal Person to act? (You must refer
  to the concepts of ren, li, shu, xiao, and wen.)
• What is the role of Confucianism in Chinese
  culture and society today?
• Cite at least three (3) references in addition to
  the textbook.

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• REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Daoism
  Worksheet
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• Complete the Material Daoism Worksheet.
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• Cite resources used.

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• REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Shinto
  Illustration
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• Access the Shinto Art Creator tool.
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• Write a 350- to 700-word summary of Shinto
  practices that still exist today.
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• Create an illustration representative of the
  Shinto religion, based on the beliefs of
  openness, use of nature, and deliberate
  simplicity. Be prepared to discuss.

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• REL 133 Week 4 Quiz
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• The notion of wuwei is
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• Literally, Daodejing means
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• Applying the notion of yin and yang, we could say
  that Daoism shows a special love for

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• REL 133 Week 5 DQ 1
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• REL 133 Week 5 DQ1
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• What are the common characteristics of the
  Eastern religious traditions?

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• REL 133 Week 5 DQ 2
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• REL 133 Week 5 DQ2
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• 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
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• Choose three of the Eastern religious traditions
  studied in the course.
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• Complete the University Material Common Elements
  of Eastern Religious Traditions template located
  on the student website.

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• REL 133 Week 5 Individual Assignment Current
  Issues Paper and Class Handout
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• Choose one of the religions discussed in this
  course.
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• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses
  the following questions
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• 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?

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• REL 133 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
  Contemporary Issues in Eastern Religions Paper
  and Presentation
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• Consult thefacilitator regarding the assignment
  of one of the Eastern religious traditions
  studied in the course.
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• 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

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• REL 133 Week 5 Quiz
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• Gender-neutral prayers
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• The view of religion as an outdated method for
  providing solutions to lifes problems was
  espoused by
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