Hist375 LIVING RELIGIONS Spring 2014 February 1, 2014 Theoretical Paper #1 Due February 21 See the HANDOUT (Ch 1 from An Anthology of LIVING RELIGIONS. 3rd Ed. by Mary Pat Fisher and Lee W. Baily (2012: Laurence King Publishing, Ltd.) You will undoubtedly take pleasure in this discourse on Religious Responses, Studying World Religions, Methodologies, and a myriad of profound perspectives in the articles of this chapter. Your task is to write yours. Imagine you are working for a major national press and your editor asks for you to research and deliver a 750-word op-ed as a response to a blog reader inquiry. You have a couple of weeks to (1) submit your double-spaced and edited first draft; (2) a final polished ready to press copy of your article. One page. Single-spaced. Indented paragraphs. Give your article a title. List ‘by’ and then your name - beneath the title. That’s it. You might find this link helpful. It appears, also, on our FaceBook page https://facebook/pages/History-375-Living-Religions/493449340772570 newsoffice.duke.edu/duke_resources/oped This assignment provides for you to choose from one of the following topics. Choose one topic for your article. 1. Outline the importance of hermeneutics and explain the difference between the hermeneutics of belief in one religion only and globalism. 2. Explain some major methodologies for studying world religions. Give an example of a scholar using each method. 3. What is the meaning of the religious term “Being”? Describe several of the ways it manifests itself in the world. 4. Report on a debate between representatives of the materialistic perspectives on religion and the phenomenologists. Outline the major arguments of each group and draw a conclusion. 5. Choose a major dimension of religions worldwide and explain, giving examples, how it functions and what it means for believers. 6. Contrast the use of literal language and symbolic language in religions. Give examples and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. ##
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