5. [In 586 BC] Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into
his hand, with some of the vessels of the house
of God. And he brought them back to Babylon,
to the house of his god, and placed the vessels
in the treasury of his god.
(Dan 1:1–2 ESV)
6. Then Nebuchadnezzar commanded Ashpenaz,
to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the
royal family and of the nobility, youths without
blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all
w i s d o m , e n d o w e d w i t h k n o w l e d g e ,
understanding learning, and competent to stand
in the king’s palace, and to teach them the
literature and language of the Chaldeans.
(Dan 1:3–4 ESV)
17. Schedule
• Each Topic is 2 - 2 ½ weeks
• Each Topic will have one assignment & one quiz at the end
• Quizzes and assignments are due Sunday @ 11:59 PM at the end of topic.
• Quizzes are online, open book, and take home about 20-25 questions.
• Quizzes cover lecture and reading
• Study review will be posted the week of the quiz.
18. Schedule
Topic 1
How to Study Religion
Christianity
Quiz 1a Syllabus, APA, Class Rules
Quiz 1b Topic 1
Topic 2 Judaism
Field Trip Sep 29 @ 5:15 PM
Quiz Topic 2
Topic 3 Islam
Essay on Branch of Islam
Quiz Topic 3
Topic 4 Hinduism
Essay on Hinduism
Quiz Topic 4
Topic 5 Buddhism
No Essay
Quiz Topic 5
Topic 6 Asian Folk Religion
Biography of an Asian Deity
Quiz Topic 6
Topic 7 American & African Folk CLC Group Presentations
19. Show & Tell
• Group CLC Project
• Sign up with your group for a day to present
• Present a 10-minute report on a ritual, religious object, or “thing”
• CLC Groups to be created after the roster is
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20. Quiz 1a due Sun. Sep 17 @ 11:59 PM
Syllabus, Class Rules, APA
Read this week’s announcements
23. De
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A society's complex integrated coping mechanism consisting of
learned patterned concepts and behavior plus their underlying
perspectives (worldview) and resulting artifacts (material culture)
Kraft. (1996). Anthopology for a Christian Witness. Orbis Books. p. 38.
31. A religion is a system of beliefs and practices that by
means of its cultus directs a person toward
transcendence and, thus, provides meaning and
coherence to a person’s life.
(Winfried, 2014, p. 28)
35. Ex. Communism
• Political Ideology but doesn’t engage ultimate issues
• Customs & traditions but doesn’t have religious practices
• Many adherents but doesn’t displace other religions
44. An ethnographer…is a person who writes a description of
a cultural group or situation using participant observation
and informant interviews. The product of the research is
the ethnography or written account of that particular
culture.
Shalinsky, Audrey. Ethnographer. In James Birx Ed. Encyclopedia of anthropology. Vol. 1 Sage Publication. p. 849
45. Ethnography - How we “do” cultural anthropology
Method — in-person
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Writing — Rich, thick descriptions, details, helping the reader to feel there
46. Exegete Components of Religion
• What is the Sacred Story (metanarrative)
• What are their Sacred Text(s)
• Who composes the Sacred Community
• Where are their Sacred Spaces
• What are their Sacred Beliefs
• What are their Sacred Rituals
• What are their Sacred Objects
• Who are their Sacred Religious Leaders
