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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
How do you define the word religion? What elements are commonly associated with
religious traditions?
How do you define the word sacred? How do religious traditions orient their conception
and location of the sacred?
From the reading, what are the basic elements of religion?
What are some difficulties in trying to define religion and religious beliefs?
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
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
What are the Vedas? How do the Upanishads differ from the Vedas?
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?
What do the terms brahman, atman, maya, karma, samsara, and moksha mean? How
do these terms relate to each other in Hindu teachings?
What forms of devotion and spirituality are common in Hinduism?
Resource: Understanding Religious Beliefs and Traditions I simulation
Complete the University Material: Four Yogic Paths and Jainism Worksheet located on
the student website.
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
What were the key experiences in the life of the Buddha? Why were those experiences
important?
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?
Do you identify Buddhism as a religion? Why or why not? How does it contrast with
other traditional religions?
Complete the University Material: Buddhism Worksheet located on the student website.
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
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
What are the basic elements of early Chinese belief? How did these elements influence
later beliefs?
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?
What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto are characteristic of Eastern
religious traditions studied in this course?
How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?
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.
Complete the Material: Daoism Worksheet.
Cite resources used.
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.
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.
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
What are the common characteristics of the Eastern religious traditions?
What are the effects of science on religion in the modern world? Do religions have an
effect on science? Explain how.
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.
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.
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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