HW for Friday 11/20

Read the next two sections in Smith ("Meaning in Suffering" and "Meaning in Messianism" [pp 293-299]) and post three discussion questions to the blog.

HW for Monday 11/9

Read pp 157-169 in A History of God. Consider the differences and similarities between Smith and Armstrong's accounts of Islam, and post three comments or questions to the blog before class.

HW for Thursday 11/5

Read pp 144-157 in A History of God. Consider the differences and similarities between Smith and Armstrong's accounts of Islam, and post three comments or questions to the blog before class.

HW for Wednesday 11/4

Read pp 132-144 in A History of God. Consider the differences and similarities between Smith and Armstrong's accounts of Islam, and post three comments or questions to the blog before class.

3-Day Itinerary - 10/23, 10/26 & 10/27

Friday 10/23 - Tao Te Ching discussion, walking meditation

Monday 10/26 - Begin Islam from Religions of the World DVD

Tuesday 10/27 - Finish Islam DVD. "Eastern Religions" Essays due Wednesday, and bring Smith to class.

The Tao Te Ching

Go to the link below and spend some time perusing the Tao Te Ching...we'll talk about our reactions and favorite passages in class tomorrow.

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/taote-v3.html

Eastern Religions Paper Due Friday 10/23

As you read the fifth chapter of The World's Religions, you should have noticed a number of striking similarites between Chinese Taosim and the Indian traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Write an essay of no more than 500 words (two double-spaced typed pages) in which you delineate the major similarities among the three religions and contrast them to the Christian religion as you understand it.