Week 4 - Thursday, September 26

From "But If Not" Sermon by Martin Luther King Jr.

The "IF" faith v. the "Though" faith (sermon distributed)

Assignment: Homework #2 :Chapters 7 & 8 of  Faith: Security & Risk were distributed. For next class you are to have read both chapters and respond  to questions 3 & 4 from Chapter 7 AND questions 3 & 4 from Chapter 8.  Please type, 12 point font (single or double spaced), 5 sentence minimum for EACH question.This will be a graded assignment.

In class, we discussed the "If" faith and the "though" faith. In small groups, we shared the Religion in the News assignment. The introduction and Chapter on Finding Faith of the documentary, In God's Name, was also shared. For your benefit, here is a list of graded assignments to date

 SEE PREVIOUS WEEKS FOR ASSIGNMENTS

Religion in the News #1     Due 9/26
Reflection paper #1             Due 9/19 based on Chapter 4-6 Faith: Security & Risk
Homework #1                      Due 9/12 based on Chapters 1-3 Faith: Security &Risk

Week Three

Week Three  Week of September 16th               Reflection Paper Due
Topics	Class Activities	Religion in the News	Sharing
The Meaning of Faith/The Beginnings of Faith from Literal to Personal Faith  Connection between Morality and Faith	Review of Chapters 1- 3 of Kropf’s Faith: Security & Risk, Fowlers Stages of Faith Chapters 4- 6 Class activity	View a former student’s “Religion in the News”  along with websites/blogs	Group Sharing of papers; “Faith” from  “World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts.”; Video – In God’s Name (Part I)
Time permitting: In God's Name
Assignment: Review Fowler Handout and Class notes. * Quiz will be given on terms and stages of faith. Complete first Religion in the News. See syllabus for websites and outline. DUE Thursday, September 26th.

Foundation of Morality Franz De Waal - Moral behavior in animals
http://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals.html

More from Franz de Waal on Religion and Morality. Do you agree? Disagree with his views?

 

Another perspective from one of the great minds of the 20th century Jiddu Krishnamurti. Biography: http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/about-krishnamurti/biography.php

 

 

Stages of Faith Power Point

I will be emailing you an attachment for James Fowler's Stages of Faith. The previous link was broken and went to the homepage of the school that first sponsored it. My apologies.

Week Two

 DUE: Today

*Complete questions for Reflection and Discussion at 

the end of chapters 1, 2 and 3 of Faith: Security & Risk

http://www.stellamar.net/writings/books/fs&r/fs&rtoc.htm

 We have been exploring general themes concerning religion and faith. We will continue to do as

we begin discussing Chapter 1 in detail.  Below are two videos to help in this process. Key terms to
 know.

General definitions of faith and religion (how does Frankl define them)

fulfillment

self transcendence (See second video- a link is provided)

self - actualization

objective faith

subjective faith

The stages of faith (handout) by James Fowler

Important people: Viktor Frankl, Sigmund Freund, Alfred Adler,
 James Fowler

Week Two     Week of September 9th      Please visit www.rs107fall.blogspot.com for updates
Topics	Class Activities	The Meaning of Faith	Beginnings of Faith
The Meaning of Faith/The Beginnings of Faith	Syllabus questions, Sample Reflection Paper, Outline for “Religion in the News”	Review and discussion of Ch 1&2  Victor Frankl video clip from www.Ted.com	Ch3,  James Folwer  Stages of Faith Handout, Stages of faith handout, RCC* Chapter 3
What did you glean from the readings?
Assignment – Review Folwer handout. Read also Chapters 4, 5 & 6 of Faith: Security and Risk Questions to consider: 1. What is the connection between faith and morality? (Chapter 4) 2. At what point in your life was your faith first challenged? Did your faith grow or diminished? How and why? (Chapter 5) 3. In what ways do you see faith as a risk? (Chapter 6). Choose ONE of these questions and write a 1 1/2 to 2 page reflection paper (refer to class handout on reflection paper requirements. Due Week Three. Be Sure to be working on Dictionary of Religious Terms assignment as well as exploring possible websites for Religion in the News.

Viktor Frankl - Man's Search for Meaning



Self Transcendence - Jonathan Haidt -Ted.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_humanity_s_stairway_to_self_transcendence.html

Freud's Stages of Development

 

 Alfred Adler - Self actualization


But if we are talking about self -transcendence and the role of faith* -We need another model. Enter James Fowler

Welcome! Week One

Welcome - Week One

Welcome to Religion and the Human Experience! I will be using both this blog and Manor College's Web Study to communicate with you (along with email). The blog will be used to update the syllabus and provide a way to revisit some of the videos and important links used in class.

Class Activities     

• Introduction to the Course/Syllabus/Texts
•  Handout: What is Religion? Why it is important.
• *Participation (blue book)
• What is Your  Ultimate Question, Religious Literacy Quiz (not graded)
• Videos
• PowerPoint
• Discussion
• Notes
• Introduction to  Online Text –Faith: Security and Risk by Richard Kropf 
• Introduction to Stephen Prothero’s book, Religious Literacy
• Introduction, Twelve Theological Dilemmas by Gregory Higgins 

Assignments

1.  Read through syllabus.
2. Complete for next class "So What's Your Ultimate Question?
3. Read What is Religion? by Paul Myhre pages 3- 7. Beprepared to discuss questions on page 7. No written responses at this time
4. Begin reading chapters 1-3 of Faith:Security & Risk . Here is the link: http://www.stellamar.net/writings/books/fs&r/fs&rtoc.htm

 DUE: Thursday, September 12

*Complete questions for Reflection and Discussion at 

the end of chapters 1, 2 and 3 of Faith: Security & Risk. 

This 

is your first homework 

grade. It is to be submitted no later than Friday of next 

week September 12th.Typed. Proper heading

                    

1st part of class

Introductions, Attendance and Prayer (The Two Wolves) - Blue Books

Religion is a part of everyday life. How much do we know about religion's impact on society? How much do we know about other religions?
Religious Bumper Stickers -Power Point

DMX prayer 

What Would You Do?

Sikhism

Religious Literacy and why it is important.  Refer to text Religious Literacy by Stephen Prothero. This above example also is an example of a dilemma: How are we to believe or act in a given situation? Introduce Twelve Theological Dilemmas by Gregory Higgins

Example

Syllabus 

2nd part of class

So What's Your Ultimate Question?

Power point along with discussion of  What is Religion?

In class notes - Defining Religion

Religious Literacy Quiz

(Included in this video segment from CNN is the author of our text Stephen Prothero.)