Cults & New Religious Movements

Slide Agenda Attendance Debriefing FLDS in the news Heaven’s Gate Solar Temple

Slide 3. Typical Agenda Attendance New Religions in the News (4 minutes) Announcements / Administrativa (2 minutes) Explaining a concept (35 minutes) – for the exam’s paragraph answer section. Video with focus questions (20 minutes) and discussion Homework for Next Time (1 minute)

Slide 4. Paper Proposal Upload Word document to Moodle on or before November 10, 2011.Moodle format according to the style guide appropriate for the student’s major: CMS (notes-bibliography or author-date), APA, ASA or MLA. include: annotated paragraph with Topic reasons for that choice abstract of what the paper will explain. should refer to a book or article mentioned in the bibliography. your major determines which style guide to use Bibliography include at least one of each of the following: Website, encyclopedia article, book or chapter in a book, journal article.

Slide 5. TopicsTopics Book Review Read a central text in this burgeoning field of research. Summarize the contents, the historical context, information about the author, the author’s perspective and aims in writing the book, and your own response to the book. General Descriptive Essay Explore a particular New Religious Movement. How did the group begin? What are its beliefs and practices? What challenges does the group face? Focused Descriptive Essay Explore one issue in a specific NRM. Why is this controversial? How is it misunderstood? How does it make sense within the NRM’s beliefs system? Comparative Topic Select a topic that emerges as a question/curiosity for you during the course, and compare it in several (at least three) New Religious Movements. Some examples include gender roles, violence, criticism from anti-cult groups, media portrayals, socialization, recruitment methods, and many more.

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Slide 7. Heaven’s Gate Heaven’s Gate Heaven’s Gate Heaven’s Gate

Slide 8. NRMs and Society NRMs and Society NRMs and Society NRMs and Society

Slide 9. Solar Temple Solar Temple Solar Temple Solar Temple

Slide 10. HomeworkHomework For Thursday Paper due