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1. REL 133 Assignment Week 1 Common Practices in
Religion (New Syllabus)
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REL 133 Assignment Week 1 Common Practices in Religion
This Assignment Week you learned about religions around the world.
The materials and discussion centered on the different rules, roles, and
nuances that are present in mainstream and indigenous religions. In this
assignment you will explain the definition of religion, as well as
common elements in the indigenous religions you learned about this
Assignment Week. You will have the option to write a summary paper
or create a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation. Refer to Help with
Microsoft® PowerPoint® Assignments if you choose to create a
presentation.
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REL 133 Assignment Week 2 Religion Comparison
(New Syllabus)

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REL 133 Assignment Week 2 Religion Comparison
This Assignment Week you learned about Hinduism, Jainism, and
Sikhism, three religions that are part of the Indian culture. In this
assignment, you will share what you learned about each religion and
how they differ from one another.
Review the readings and other outside sources for information on
Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism.
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REL 133 Assignment Week 3 Buddhism (New
Syllabus)
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3. REL 133 Assignment Week 3 Buddhism
There are various schools within Buddhism, which you have learned
about this Assignment Week. In this assignment, share what you have
learned about Buddhism overall, and compare and contrast the schools
of Buddhism.
Write a 350- to 700-word paper that includes the following:
A summary of the major historical events related to Buddhism and the
life of the Buddha
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REL 133 Assignment Week 4 Daoism, Confucianism,
and Shinto Summary (New Syllabus)
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REL 133 Assignment Week 4 Daoism, Confucianism, and Shinto
Summary

4. This Assignment Week addressed the main teachings and origins of
Daoism and Confucianism. This assignment asks you to discuss aspects
of both traditions, so be sure to complete both portions.
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REL 133 Assignment Week 5 Shinto Presentation
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REL 133 Assignment Week 5 Shinto Presentation
Over the last five Assignment Weeks, you have learned about different
religions, their origins, and important facts about each.
Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to
summarize the key ideas of the Shinto religion.
Include the following in your presentation:
A brief overview of important historical events in the Shinto religion
A description of the origins and rituals of Shinto
The role of the Shinto religion in Japanese society today

5. Include citations throughout your presentation and a references slide at
the end. Format your citations according to APA guidelines. You may
find helpful resources for completing your assignment in the Center for
Writing Excellence in the University Library.
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REL 133 Entire Course
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REL 133 Assignment Week 1 Common Practices in Religion (New
Syllabus)
REL 133 Assignment Week 2 Religion Comparison (New Syllabus)
REL 133 Assignment Week 3 Buddhism (New Syllabus)
REL 133 Assignment Week 4 Daoism, Confucianism, and Shinto
Summary (New Syllabus)
REL 133 Assignment Week 5 Shinto Presentation (New Syllabus)
REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of Religious
Traditions Paper
REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Common Practices in Religion
REL 133 Week 1 DQ 1

6. REL 133 Week 1 DQ 2
REL 133 Week 1 DQ 3
REL 133 Week 1 DQ 4
REL 133 Week 1 Quiz
REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Four Yogic Paths and Jainism
Worksheet
REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Hindu Gods
REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jainism vs. Sikhism
REL 133 Week 2 Quiz
REL 133 Week 2 DQ 1
REL 133 Week 2 DQ 2
REL 133 Week 2 DQ 3
REL 133 Week 2 DQ 4
REL 133 Week 3 Individual Assignment Buddhism Worksheet (2
Sheets)
REL 133 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Buddhism Presentation
REL 133 Week 3 Team Assignment Buddhism Paper
REL 133 Week 3 DQ 1
REL 133 Week 3 DQ 2
REL 133 Week 3 DQ 3
REL 133 Week 3 Quiz

7. REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Daoism Worksheet
REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Confucianism Paper
REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Shinto Illustration
REL 133 Week 4 Quiz
REL 133 Week 4 DQ 1
REL 133 Week 4 DQ 2
REL 133 Week 4 DQ 3
REL 133 Week 4 DQ 4
REL 133 Week 5 Individual Assignment Common Elements of Eastern
Religious Traditions
REL 133 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Contemporary Issues in
Eastern Religions Paper and Presentation
REL 133 Week 5 Quiz
REL 133 Week 5 Individual Assignment Current Issues Paper and Class
Handout
REL 133 Week 5 DQ 1
REL 133 Week 5 DQ 2
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REL 133 Week 1 DQ 1

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How do you define the word religion? What elements are commonly
associated with religious traditions?
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REL 133 Week 1 DQ 2
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How do you define the word sacred? How do religious traditions orient
their conception and location of the sacred?
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9. REL 133 Week 1 DQ 3
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From the reading, what are the basic elements of religion?
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REL 133 Week 1 DQ 4
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What are some difficulties in trying to define religion and religious
beliefs?
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10. REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Common
Practices in Religion
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Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses the following topics:
What is the definition of religion?
What are common practices and experiences across various world
religions? Include indigenous religions in your discussion.
What are some critical issues to the academic study of religion?
Cite at least three (3) references in addition to the textbook.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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REL 133 Week 1 Individual Assignment Elements of
Religious Traditions Paper

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Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that does the following:
 Describes these basic components of religious traditions and their
relationship to the sacred:
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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REL 133 Week 1 Quiz
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1.A sacramental orientation in religion is characterized by
2.The transmission of indigenous religions is made more difficult by the
fact that teachings are often conveyed in ways that are
3.Compared with indigenous religions, today’s dominant religions are
4.Animism holds that

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REL 133 Week 2 DQ 1
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What are the Vedas? How do the Upanishads differ from the Vedas?
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REL 133 Week 2 DQ 2
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13. What are the stages of life in traditional Hindu teaching? Imagine you
are a practicing Hindu. Which life stage are you in? How does it affect
your daily activities?
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REL 133 Week 2 DQ 3
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What do the terms brahman, atman, maya, karma, samsara, and moksha
mean? How do these terms relate to each other in Hindu teachings?
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REL 133 Week 2 DQ 4
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What forms of devotion and spirituality are common in Hinduism?
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REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Four Yogic
Paths and Jainism Worksheet
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Resource: Understanding Religious Beliefs and Traditions I simulation
Complete the University Material: Four Yogic Paths and Jainism
Worksheet located on the student website.
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REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Hindu Gods

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Visit the Sanatan Society website and select one deity to research.
Prepare an 8- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation (with
Speaker's Notes) that addresses the following:
Provide a brief history of Hinduism.
Summarize the mythology and functions of one Hindu god or goddess.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
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REL 133 Week 2 Individual Assignment Jainism vs.
Sikhism
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16. Review the readings and other outside sources for information on the
two religions.
Cite at least three (3) references in addition to the textbook.
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REL 133 Week 2 Quiz
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1.Bhakti means
2.The religious practice of ordinary Hindus is primarily
3.A guru is a
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REL 133 Week 3 DQ 1
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What were the key experiences in the life of the Buddha? Why were
those experiences important?
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REL 133 Week 3 DQ 2
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What are the Three Jewels of Buddhism? What are the Four Noble
Truths? What are the steps of the Noble Eightfold Path? How do these
teachings inform the practice of Buddhism?
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REL 133 Week 3 DQ 3

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Do you identify Buddhism as a religion? Why or why not? How does it
contrast with other traditional religions?
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REL 133 Week 3 Individual Assignment Buddhism
Worksheet (2 Sheets)
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This Tutorial contains 2 Different Sheets
Complete the University Material: Buddhism Worksheet located on the
student website.
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19. REL 133 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
Buddhism Presentation
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Resource: Buddhism Worksheet
Consult the facilitator regarding the assignment of one of the following
Buddhist traditions:
· Theravada Buddhism
· Mahayana Buddhism
· Vajrayana Buddhism
· Zen Buddhism—as a special school of Mahayana Buddhism
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REL 133 Week 3 Quiz

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1.Siddhartha Gautama is the name of
2.The Buddha lived about this time.
3.The Buddha was particularly troubled by the problem of
4.Vinaya refers to
5.The basic outlook on life, formulated by Buddhism, is contained in
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REL 133 Week 3 Team Assignment Buddhism Paper
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Part I
Discuss the branches of Buddhism.
Share resources and record the differences between the schools.

21. Decide, individually, which school you will focus on for this
assignment.
Part II
Choose one of the following schools of Buddhism:
Theravada Buddhism
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REL 133 Week 4 DQ 1
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What are the basic elements of early Chinese belief? How did these
elements influence later beliefs?
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REL 133 Week 4 DQ 2
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How would you describe the two main, early teachers of Daoism: Laozi
(Lao Tzu) and Zhuangzi (Chauang Tzu)? How did each influence the
development of Daoism?
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REL 133 Week 4 DQ 3
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What elements of Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto are characteristic
of Eastern religious traditions studied in this course?
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REL 133 Week 4 DQ 4

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How does Confucianism differ with Taoism?
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REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Confucianism
Paper
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Write a 150- to 300-word essay on Confucianism that addresses the
following topics:
What are the Five Great Relationships?
How is the Ideal Person to act? (You must refer to the concepts of ren, li,
shu, xiao, and wen.)
What is the role of Confucianism in Chinese culture and society today?

24. Cite at least three (3) references in addition to the textbook.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Daoism
Worksheet
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Complete the Material: Daoism Worksheet.
Cite resources used.
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REL 133 Week 4 Individual Assignment Shinto
Illustration

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Access the Shinto Art Creator tool.
Write a 350- to 700-word summary of Shinto practices that still exist
today.
Create an illustration representative of the Shinto religion, based on the
beliefs of openness, use of nature, and deliberate simplicity. Be prepared
to discuss.
Format your paper and any additional materials consistent with APA
guidelines.
Cite resources used. No need to cite the Shinto Art creator.
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REL 133 Week 4 Quiz
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26. 1.The notion of wuwei is
2.Literally, Daodejing means
3.Applying the notion of yin and yang, we could say that Daoism shows
a special love for
4.The most important image to be found in the Daodejing, the image that
best expresses its ideals, is
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REL 133 Week 5 DQ 1
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What are the common characteristics of the Eastern religious traditions?
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REL 133 Week 5 DQ 2
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What are the effects of science on religion in the modern world? Do
religions have an effect on science? Explain how.
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REL 133 Week 5 Individual Assignment Common
Elements of Eastern Religious Traditions
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Choose three of the Eastern religious traditions studied in the course.
Complete the University Material: Common Elements of Eastern
Religious Traditions template located on the student website.
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REL 133 Week 5 Individual Assignment Current
Issues Paper and Class Handout

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Choose one of the religions discussed in this course.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses the following questions:
What are common characteristics the assigned religion shares with the
others?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Create a 1-page handout to summarize the key ideas of your paper. This
can be a bulleted list with a short summary of your findings.
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REL 133 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment
Contemporary Issues in Eastern Religions Paper and
Presentation
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Consult the facilitator regarding the assignment of one of the Eastern
religious traditions studied in the course.
Field Exercise: Learning Team members visit a sacred site of the
specific religion. While all do not need to visit the same location at the
same time, each member is required to contribute their own experience
in the Final Paper and Presentation
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REL 133 Week 5 Quiz
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1.Gender-neutral prayers
2.The view of religion as an outdated method for providing solutions to
life’s problems was espoused by
3.Living and thinking without reference to a religion is called
7.T. H. Huxley, an English biologist, created what term?
4.The environmentalism movement is least strong in what regard?

30. 5.Applied science is
6.The first World Parliament of Religions was held in 1893 in
8.The artist who created a Japanese garden and spent more than forty
years painting pictures of it was
9.The modern culture of _________ betterment will increasingly
challenge religions to produce what material cultures value.
10.The leader who represented Hinduism at the first World Parliament
of Religions
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