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Spring 2019
Dec 22, 2024 |
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| Introduction to Religion - 41194 - HREL 201G - 01 - 43880 - HREL 201G - 01 |
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Associated Term: Spring 2019
Levels: Undergraduate Morehouse College Campus Lecture Schedule Type Learning Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. Understand the relationship between religion and everyday life. 2. Identify the basic universal components and forms of religious experience and expression.. 3. Conduct basic religious research. 4. Understand spiritual, social, and political significances of religion both historically and in contemporary society. Required Materials: James C. Livingston, Anatomy of the Sacred: An Introduction to Religion 5th ed. (Prentice Hall, 2005) ISBN- 10: 131835645; ISBN-13: 978013183641 Technical Requirements: 1. Class Attendance and Participation: This will be particularly important in the on-going discussions from class to class and week to week as class participation constitutes an important part of your final grade. Therefore, the Attendance Policy will be enforced, which provides that any absence must have a written excuse from a designated authority (e.g., a doctor or dean); more than four (3) unexcused absences during the course of the semester will subject the final course grade to penalization at the discretion of the instructor. Attendance roll will be checked at random. Please make every effort to be on time. Tardiness is distracting and too often results in time being wasted. Note: students cannot remain in this class if they are not officially enrolled. 2. Class Format: Lectures (80%) and discussion (20%) will be used throughout the course. Internet resource on modern biblical scholarship will be utilized. Video showing on selected religious traditions will be included. Student research project should do well to avoid plagiarism (i.e., to steal information directly from sources without properly crediting the source). PLEASE TURN OFF ALL COMMUNICATION DEVICES WHEN YOU COME INTO THE CLASSROOM!! 3. Course Requirements: The class will be assigned daily readings from the text. Class discussions will result from the assigned readings. (1) Exams: There will be three exams. The first will be given at the end of February 12 (for 30 points). The Midterm exam will be given on March 5 (for 50 points), and the third and final exam will be given on the university scheduled exam date (for 50 points), and graduating seniors on the last day of this class (April 30). (2) Class assignment and participation (30 points); perfect class attendance (3 or less absences) will be rewarded with 10 points; (3) One Term paper will be given (40 points). Late submission of term paper will not be accepted unless there has been a prior agreement made with the instructor. If you have an excused absence for the day that an assignment is due, then the assignment is due the first day you return to class. If you have an excused absence on a day that a test is given, then you will be allowed to take a makeup test the first day you return to class. Grading TOTAL POINTS = 200 Grading: 90% = 180 & over points (A) 80% = 160--179.5 points (B) 70% = 140--159.5 points (C) 60% = 120--139.5 points (D) Below 60% or 119 points (F) The following guide is followed when grading your written test/work: A grade of "A" provides an outstanding/excellent answer that shows wide appropriate knowledge, understanding and insight as outlined in the course or contains particular appropriate examples or to be technically well written, the best to be expected under examination conditions at this stage. A grade of "B" provides a comprehensive answer that shows wide appropriate knowledge and understanding, contains no lapse in detail or limited evidence of appropriate reading as outlined in the course. A grade of "C" shows appropriate knowledge and understanding that meet the course requirements, but with lapses in recall, accuracy, etc. A "D" work has serious omissions and/or mistakes, poor presentation and in parts illogical, but has evidence of sound knowledge. Spring 2013 Semester Class Schedule Week 1 (Jan. 17): Introduction Week 2 (Jan. 22 & 24): The Study of Religion Week 3 (Jan. 29 & 31): The Study of Religion Week 4 (Feb. 5 & 7): The Sacred and the Holy Week 5 (Feb. 12): First Exam Week 5 (Feb 14): Sacred Symbol, Myth and Doctrine Week 6 (Feb 19 & 21): Continue / Sacred Ritual Week 7 (Feb. 26 & 28): Sacred Ritual & Sacred Scripture Week 8 (Mar. 5 & 7): Review and Midterm Exam Week 9 (Mar. 11-15): Spring Break Week 10 (Mar. 19 & 21): Society and the Sacred: The social formations and transformations of religion Week 11 (Mar. 26 & 28): Deity: Concepts of the Divine and Cosmogony Week 12 (Apr. 2 & 4): Soteriology: Ways and goals of salvation and liberation Week 13 (Apr. 9 & 11): Soteriology: Ways and goals of salvation and liberation Week 14 (Apr. 16 & 18): Theodicy and Ethics Week 15 (Apr. 23 & 25): Students Presentation Week 16 (Apr. 30): Students Presentation Week 16 (May 2-3): Reading Period Week 17 (May 7): Final Exam (check university scheduled exam period) Please do not hesitate to contact me, if the need so arises. Use my email or my cell (404- 455-6802). Office visits must be arranged with me. My email address is rowusu7@comcast.net. I wish each of you a fulfilling semester Please do not hesitate to contact me, if the need so arises. Use my email or my cell (404- 455-6802). Office visits must be arranged with me. My email address is rowusu7@comcast.net. I wish each of you a fulfilling semester View Catalog Entry
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