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REL 133 Entire Course REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of Religious Traditions Paper REL 133 Week 1 DQ 1 REL 133 Week 1 DQ 2 REL 133 Week 1 DQ 3 REL 133 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 3 REL 133 Week 2 DQ 4 REL 133 Week 3 Individual Assignment Buddhism Worksheet REL 133 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Buddhism Presentation

REL 133 Week 1 DQ 1 How do you define the word religion? What elements are commonly associated with religious traditions?

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?

REL 133 Week 1 DQ 3 From the reading, what are the basic elements of religion?

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

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 says—its teachings, texts, doctrine, stories, myths, and others What a religious tradition does—worship, prayer, pilgrimage, ritual, and so forth How a religious tradition organizes—leadership, relationships among members, and so forth

REL 133 Week 1 Quiz 1.A sacramental orientation in religion is characterized by 2.The transmission of indigenous religions is made more difficult by the fact that teachings are often conveyed in ways that are 3.Compared with indigenous religions, today’s dominant religions are 4.Animism holds that 5.A libation involves 6.Sacred time in indigenous religions is 7.Literally, the word religion means 8.Belief in many gods is called 9.Belief in one God is called 10.Literally, “theology” means

REL 133 Week 2 DQ 1 What are the Vedas? How do the Upanishads differ from the Vedas?

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?

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?

REL 133 Week 2 DQ 4 What forms of devotion and spirituality are common in Hinduism?

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.

REL 133 Week 2 Quiz 1.Bhakti means 2.The religious practice of ordinary Hindus is primarily 3.A guru is a 4.The word that means “liberation” is 5.The word Vedas is related to the English word 6.The oldest and most important of the Vedas is 7.Jainism places great emphasis on 8.The Jain worldview holds that a Creator 9.A Sikh temple is called a 10.The founder of Sikhism

REL 133 Week 3 DQ 1 What were the key experiences in the life of the Buddha? Why were those experiences important?

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?

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?

REL 133 Week 3 Individual Assignment Buddhism Worksheet Complete the University Material: Buddhism Worksheet located on the student website.

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 Buddhism—as a special school of Mahayana Buddhism Prepare a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on the assigned Buddhist tradition that does the following: Describes how significant moments in the Buddha’s life informed the assigned tradition

REL 133 Week 3 Quiz 1.Siddhartha Gautama is the name of 2.The Buddha lived about this time. 3.The Buddha was particularly troubled by the problem of 4.Vinaya refers to 5.The basic outlook on life, formulated by Buddhism, is contained in 6.Regarding the common belief in a permanent soul, the Buddha seems to have taught that 7.Nirvana seems to come from a word that means 8.A major goal of Buddhism is 9.The dissatisfaction and sorrow that life brings is called 10.Buddhism focuses especially

REL 133 Week 4 DQ 1 What are the basic elements of early Chinese belief? How did these elements influence later beliefs?

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?

REL 133 Week 4 DQ 3 What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto are characteristic of Eastern religious traditions studied in this course?

REL 133 Week 4 DQ 4 How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?

REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Confucianism Paper Write a 150- to 300-word essay on Confucianism that addresses the following topics: 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. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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

REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Daoism, Confucianism, and Shinto Part 1: Reflections on the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) Worksheet Complete the University Material: Reflections on the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) Worksheet located on the student website. Part 2: The Ideal Person Write a 350- to 700-word essay that describes the ideal person according to Confucius. Include the concepts of ren, li, shu, xiao, and wen. Format your essay consistent with APA guidelines.

REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Shinto Illustration Access the Shinto Art Creator tool. Write a 350- to 700-word summary of Shinto practices that still exist today. Create an illustration representative of the Shinto religion, based on the beliefs of openness, use of nature, and deliberate simplicity. Be prepared to discuss. Format your paper and any additional materials consistent with APA guidelines. Cite resources used. No need to cite the Shinto Art creator.

REL 133 Week 4 Quiz 1.The notion of wuwei is 2.Literally, Daodejing means 3.Applying the notion of yin and yang, we could say that Daoism shows a special love for 4.The most important image to be found in the Daodejing, the image that best expresses its ideals, is 5.“Divination” refers to 6.Confucianism has been especially concerned about relationships 7.In their view of human nature, the Confucianists 8.In Shinto, white is often used because 9.The torii is 10.According to Shinto beliefs, human beings

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

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.

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.

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. Analyze the interactions between the modern world and the assigned religion. Provide examples of how these interactions influence both the assigned religion and the modern world.

REL 133 Week 5 Quiz 1.Gender-neutral prayers 2.The view of religion as an outdated method for providing solutions to life’s problems was espoused by 3.Living and thinking without reference to a religion is called 7.T. H. Huxley, an English biologist, created what term? 4.The environmentalism movement is least strong in what regard? 5.Applied science is 6.The first World Parliament of Religions was held in 1893 in

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