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Introduction to the Study of Religion

Rel. 100 Class Schedule - Woodbridge, Fall 2002

MW Noon - 1:15 PM - Room 345

Instructor’s office: room 402
Office hours: MW 10:45 - 11:45 AM
                    M 1:30 - 3:30 PM

Office phone: 703-878-5718
Office FAX: 703-878-5678

Date

Topic

Reading

Assignment Due
Aug. 26
Aug. 28		 What is Religion?
     "          "
SQ Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Questions
Sept. 2
Sept. 4		 No Class (Labor Day)
What is Religion? (group discussions)		 EI Chapter 1 (pp. 17 -61) Written response
Sept. 9
Sept. 11		 Major Religions of the World
        "                              "		 EI pp. 91-95 Religious Scavenger Hunt
Spiritual Autobiography
Sept. 16
Sept. 18		 Response to Other Religions (discussions)
What is the Sacred?		 EI Chapter 2 (pp. 63 - 90)
SQ Chapter 2		 Written response
Chap. 2 questions

Meet with instructor sometime within the next 8 weeks
Sept. 23
Sept. 25		          "              "
What is the Sacred? (group discussions)
EI Chapter 3 (pp. 97 - 158)
Written response
Sept. 30
Oct. 2		 Experiencing the Sacred
        "                      "		 SQ Chapter 3 Chap. 3 questions
Oct. 7
Oct. 9		 Sacred Stories
      "           "		 SQ Chapter 4 Chap. 4 questions
Oct. 14
Oct. 16		 NO CLASS
Hidden dimensions of the self		  
at least one Encounter report
Oct. 21
Oct. 23		 Sacred Texts (Western)
Sacred Texts (Eastern)		   research on game religion

Last day to withdraw from class: Tuesday, Oct. 29
Oct. 28
Oct. 30		 Sacred Ritual
     "          "		 SQ Chapter 5
 Chap. 5 questions
Nov. 4
Nov. 6		 Sacred Communities
      "              "		 SQ Chapter 6
 Chap. 6 questions
Nov. 11
Nov. 13		 Suffering & Evil
      "             "		 SQ Chapter 7
"Degrees of Evil" 		Chap. 7 questions

Have you met with your instructor yet?
(be sure to do so by 3 PM, Monday, Nov. 25th)
Nov. 18
Nov. 20		 Morality
   "      "		 SQ Chapter 8
 Chap. 8 questions
Nov. 25
Nov. 27		 The Meaning of Life (group discussions)
No Class (Thanksgiving) 		 EI Chapter 4 (pp. 160 - 224)
 Written response
Dec. 2
Dec. 4		 Salvation
   "       "		 SQ Chapter 9
 Chap. 9 questions
Research Scrapbook/Journal
Dec. 9

Dec. 11		 What Lies Beyond Death? (discussions)

NO CLASS (study day)		 EI Chapter 5 (pp. 226 - 86)

 Written response &
Personal Dissertation
Monday
Dec. 16 		 Finals Week: Play the Games!
Noon - 1:50 PM		   Group Project: Games

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Last updated: August 2002