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2. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 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

3. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 1 DQ 1 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com How do you define the word religion? What elements are commonly associated with religious traditions?

4. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 1 DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com How do you define the word sacred? How do religious traditions orient their conception and location of the sacred?

5. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 1 DQ 3 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com From the reading, what are the basic elements of religion?

6. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 1 DQ 4 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com What are some difficulties in trying to define religion and religious beliefs?

7. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Common Practices in Religion For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses the following topics: What is the definition of religion?

8. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com • REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of Religious Traditions Paper • For more course tutorials visit • www.rel133.com • 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:

9. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 1 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 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

10. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 2 DQ 1 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com What are the Vedas? How do the Upanishads differ from the Vedas?

11. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 2 DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 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?

12. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 2 DQ 3 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com What do the terms brahman, atman, maya, karma, samsara, and moksha mean? How do these terms relate to each other in Hindu teachings?

13. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 2 DQ 4 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com What forms of devotion and spirituality are common in Hinduism?

14. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Four Yogic Paths and Jainism Worksheet For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Resource: Understanding Religious Beliefs and Traditions I simulation Complete the University Material: Four Yogic Paths and Jainism Worksheet located on the student website.

15. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Hindu Gods For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Visit the Sanatan Society website and select one deity to research. Prepare an 8- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation (with Speaker's Notes) that addresses the following: Provide a brief history of Hinduism.

16. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jainism vs. Sikhism For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Review the readings and other outside sources for information on the two religions. Cite at least three (3) references in addition to the textbook.

17. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 2 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 1.Bhakti means 2.The religious practice of ordinary Hindus is primarily 3.A guru is a 4.The word that means “liberation” is

18. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 2 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 1.Bhakti means 2.The religious practice of ordinary Hindus is primarily 3.A guru is a 4.The word that means “liberation” is

19. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 3 DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 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?

20. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 3 DQ 3 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Do you identify Buddhism as a religion? Why or why not? How does it contrast with other traditional religions?

21. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 3 Individual Assignment Buddhism Worksheet (2 Sheets) For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Sheets Complete the University Material: Buddhism Worksheet located on the student website.

22. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Buddhism Presentation For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Resource: Buddhism Worksheet Consult the facilitator regarding the assignment of one of the following Buddhist traditions:

23. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 3 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 1.Siddhartha Gautama is the name of 2.The Buddha lived about this time. 3.The Buddha was particularly troubled by the problem of

24. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 3 Team Assignment Buddhism Paper For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Part I Discuss the branches of Buddhism. Share resources and record the differences between the schools. Decide, individually, which school you will focus on for this assignment.

25. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 4 DQ 1 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com What are the basic elements of early Chinese belief? How did these elements influence later beliefs?

26. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 4 DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 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?

27. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 4 DQ 3 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto are characteristic of Eastern religious traditions studied in this course?

28. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 4 DQ 4 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?

29. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Confucianism Paper For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Write a 150- to 300-word essay on Confucianism that addresses the following topics: What are the Five Great Relationships?

30. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Daoism Worksheet For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Complete the Material: Daoism Worksheet. Cite resources used.

31. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Shinto Illustration For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Access the Shinto Art Creator tool. Write a 350- to 700-word summary of Shinto practices that still exist today.

32. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 4 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 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

33. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 5 DQ 1 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com What are the common characteristics of the Eastern religious traditions?

34. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 5 DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com What are the effects of science on religion in the modern world? Do religions have an effect on science? Explain how.

35. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 5 Individual Assignment Common Elements of Eastern Religious Traditions For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 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.

36. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 5 Individual Assignment Current Issues Paper and Class Handout For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Choose one of the religions discussed in this course. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses the following questions: What are common characteristics the assigned religion shares with the others?

37. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Contemporary Issues in Eastern Religions Paper and Presentation For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com Consult thefacilitator regarding the assignment of one of the Eastern religious traditions studied in the course.

38. REL 133 Successful Learning / rel133.com REL 133 Week 5 Quiz For more course tutorials visit www.rel133.com 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?

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