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