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RE212: Course Schedule

  
   

LESSONS & READINGS

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ASSIGNMENTS

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Introduction - 
Issues in the Study of World Religions		 Week
    1

Student Introduction
  • Read:  Ellwood, "Understanding the World's Religious Heritage"
Traditions of India I - 
Hinduism		 Week
    2

Begin reading Shawna Singh Baldwin's
"What the Body Remembers"

Class Chat

 
  • Read:  Ellwood, "Life Against Time"
  • Listen to:  A Pilgrim's Soul
Traditions of India II - 
Jainism,Sikhism		 Week
    3

Reflection Paragraph
  • Read:  Ellwood, "Life Against Time"; On-line materials on "Sikh Perspectives"
Buddhism Week
    4

Class Chat
  • Read:  Ellwood, "Wisdom Embarked for the Farther Shore"
  • View:  Walking with the Buddha
 
Traditions of China and Japan
Confucianism, Taoism (Daoism), Shinto		 Week
    5

Reflection Paragraph

Assignment #1  Due - Choose A or B 
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  • Read:  Ellwood, "Dragon and Sun"; On-line materials on "Japanese Perspectives"
  • View:  Shinto (Religions of the World)
Judaism Week
    6

Class Chat
  • Read:  Ellwood, "One God" and "Keeping Covenant with God in History"
  • View:  Half the Kingdom
Christianity Week
    7

Assignment #2 Due
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Reflection Paragraph

 
  • Read:  Ellwood, "Spreading the Word of God"
  • View:  Shepherds to the Flock
Islam Week
    8

Class Chat
  • Read:  Ellwood, "Submitting to the Will of God"
  • View: There is No God but God
Indigenous Traditions of Africa and 
the African Diaspora		 Week
    9

Assignment #3 Due - Choose A or B
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Reflection Paragraph

 
  • Read:  On-line notes including "African Perspectives"
  • View:  Haiti:  Dance of the Spirit
Indigenous Traditions of North America
and the European Impact		 Week
   10

Class Chat
  • Read:  On-line notes including "Indegenous North American Perspectives"
  • View: Wiping the Tears of Seven Generations
New Religious Movements
and the Millennium		 Week
   11

Assignment #4 Due - Choose A or B
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Reflection Paragraph

 
  • Read:  On-line notes
Summary Week
12

Class Chat
  • Read:  Ellwood, "Looking over the Spiritual Horizon"
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