By The End Of The Semester, We Will Have Traveled Through A

By The End Of The Semester We Will Have Traveled Through a Great Deal

By the end of the semester, we will have traveled through a great deal of history, and we will have familiarized ourselves with a great many religious, spiritual, and moral traditions. One thing that will have become clear to us is that “religion,” however it’s understood, isn’t separate from social or political life. A corollary truth is that social and political commitments and actions are motivated by foundational beliefs about life’s meaning, value, and purpose. Those foundational beliefs are often — though by no means always — understood and expressed through traditionally religious conceptual frames and vocabularies. In this final assignment, you have the opportunity to creatively engage two opposing worldviews, but putting them into conversation with one another on a topic of social and/or political concern.

There is a way in which Religious Studies is an imaginative enterprise. To understand the foundational beliefs (or worldviews) of another person or community, we need to bracket off our own worldview and imagine another’s perspective. We need to approach the world around us as if one or another set of foundational beliefs were ultimately true, and therefore governing. Here’s what you’ll need to submit: 4-6 pages, 11- or 12-point font, double spaced, in which you adopt, articulate, and defend two distinct religious worldviews that we have looked at in this course, and in which you put those worldviews into conversation with one another on a topic of social and/or political concern. In the course of your paper, cite at least 4 course readings, using Chicago-style footnotes.

Paper For Above instruction

Begin by selecting either two religious traditions studied in the course or a specific social/political issue of interest. Then, analyze how these traditions or perspectives approach that issue differently, aiming to identify points of disagreement and potential resolution. The paper should be 4-6 pages long, double-spaced, with 11- or 12-point font.

Develop each worldview with sufficient background for a non-literate reader to understand the issues, assuming each character is initially unaware of the other’s tradition. Incorporate at least four course readings, quoting from them to strengthen or illustrate each worldview. Structure the paper as a dialogue, either dramatized or narrative, ensuring each perspective is fleshed out and clearly articulated.

The goal is to foster understanding and engagement, not to promote mutual admiration or an episode of adversarial debate. Explore genuine disagreements rooted in foundational beliefs and seek reasoned resolutions or insights. Utilize at least four scholarly or credible sources, citing them in Chicago style footnotes.

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