1. What is religion? What is religion?

2. Assignment:  Read over the positions/definitions of religion.  Para. I - Pick a position that you feel either best suits your personal definition of what religion is or one that is most opposite of your personal definition.  Para. 2 – Pick a position that you feel best describes how the majority of people in the world feel about religion. This may be different from your own view.  Support each answer in a well thought out paragraph. Each paragraph (two total) should be five sentences.  Don’t forget a topic sentence. Let the reader know what you’re doing.  Ex. The position that best suits my personal definition of religion is #1…

3. Writing Frames  I want to explain why  There are several reasons for this. The chief reason is  Another reason is  A further reason is  So now you can see why

4.  There are differing explanations as to why (how, what, when etc.)  One explanation is that  The evidence for this is  An alternative explanation is  This explanation is based on  Of the alternative explanations I think the most likely is

5. Why Study Religion?  http://religions.ucdavis.edu/about/why- study-religion?destination=node/9 http://religions.ucdavis.edu/about/why- study-religion?destination=node/9 http://religions.ucdavis.edu/about/why- study-religion?destination=node/9  http://www.studyreligion.org/why/ http://www.studyreligion.org/why/

6.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HybxZk MxZvQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HybxZk MxZvQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HybxZk MxZvQ