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visit www.newtonhelp.com   REL 134 Week 1 Individu
al Assignment Studying Religion REL 134 Week 1 Kno
wledge Check REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1
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REL 134 Week 1 DQ 1   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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   For more course tutorials
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DQ3 From the reading, what are the basic elements
of religion?
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REL 134 Week 1 DQ 4   For more course tutorials
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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 Presentation   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com     Create a 10- to
12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint that includes the
following   What is essential (in the practices
and beliefs) for a tradition to be called a
religion?
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REL 134 Week 1 Individual Assignment Studying
Religion   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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.newtonhelp.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   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   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   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   What influence has
Judaism had on the Western world? Provide
examples of this influence?
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REL 134 Week 2 DQ 3   For more course tutorials
visit  www.newtonhelp.com 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   For more course tutorials
visit   www.newtonhelp.com   What forms of
devotion and spirituality are common in
Hinduism?  
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History of
Judaism (Worksheet and PPT)   For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     This
assignment allows you to learn more about one key
person in Jewish history and to relate that
person to any specific rituals in Judaism today,
in doing so, you will also learn
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History of
Judaism Presentation   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment History of
Judaism   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy
Days Paper   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   Prepare a 700-1050
Words Paper on Jewish holy days Rosh
Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Hanukkah
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REL 134 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jewish Holy
Days Worksheet (2 Sheets)   For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   This
Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers   Complete
the Material Common Holy Days in Jewish
Religious Traditions.
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REL 134 Week 2 Knowledge Check   For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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
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REL 134 Week 3 DQ 1   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   REL 134 Week 3 DQ2 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   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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   For more course tutorials
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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)   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   This Tutorial contains
2 Different PPT  Create a 10- to 12-slide
Microsoft PowerPoint comparing two of the
following branches of Christianity
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REL 134 Week 3 Knowledge Check   For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.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   For more course tutorials
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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   For more course tutorials
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DQ2 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   For more course tutorials
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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   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.com   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.newtonhelp.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.newtonhelp.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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Understanding Islam   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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 4 Knowledge Check   For more course
tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com   1.Islam
particularly stresses 2.Islam literally
means 3.Observant Muslims do not allow
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REL 134 Week 5 DQ 1   For more course tutorials
visit www.newtonhelp.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   For more course tutorials
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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 (2 Papers) (100 Score) For more
course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com     Choo
se 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.newtonhelp.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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