OTHER RELIGIONS ASSIGNMENT

A 3+ page Journal Entry should be included in your Final Journal Installment.  You can use the provided template as your model here if desired.

PROCEDURE

1)  You will be assigned to research one religion beyond the main five covered in this course based upon your individual rankings in terms of potential personal interest.

2)  Research your religion and prepare a well-structured 15-minute class presentation that introduces the history, basic beliefs and contemporary issues involving that faith.

POSSIBLE RELIGIONS

• Bahai

• Cargo Cults

• Confucianism

• Falun Gong

• Hare Krishna

• Jainism

• Jehovah's Witnesses

• Mormonism

• Nation of Islam

• Rastafarianism

• Scientology

• Shintoism

• Sikhism

• Sufism

• Taoism

• Unification Church

• Unitarianism

• Vodun

• Wicca

• Yazidis

• Zoroastrianism

YOUR RESEARCH

Use the following grid, based loosely upon the textbook structure, to organize your research and presentation.  Fill out as much of the grid as possible, deleting those sections that seem inappropriate in your instance.  Some sections may be significantly longer and more developed than others.

OTHER RELIGIONS RESEARCH TEMPLATE