An Introduction to
World Religions
2011-10-27
2011-10-27 Agenda
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Attendance
:15 Administrativa: Job; Feedback; Question
:17 In the Religious Calendar:
:19 Religion in the News:
:25 Discussion of the Dhammapada “Holy Man”
:35 Video with focus questions and discussion
:50 Explaining a concept– for the exam’s
paragraph answer section.
• three jewels and the five precepts.
• three marks of existence, non-self; dependent
origination, impermanence, the five aggregates.
• :04 Homework for Next Time
Slide 3.
Student Assistant
jobs
Duties for assisting Ken Penner
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Enter bibliographic data into Zotero
software
Scan documents and process them with
OCR
create and organize materials for Moodle
Find and prepare video resources for
classroom use
produce list of religious organizations
around Antigonish
organizing Religious Studies events and
guest speakers
preparing library requisitions
Criteria: taken RELS courses
Pay:$12/hr
Hours: 20
Apply: cover letter and résumé to:
Robert Kennedy rkennedy@stfx.ca
Duties for assisting Linda Darwish
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Slide 4.
Internet search for films on Islam
Internet and libraries search for
novels and short stories dealing
with Islam in the modern world and
with Islam in North America
Research sources for academic
books (in addition to novels),
articles, and other materials (news,
etc.) on Islam in North America
Grade quizzes
Organize and file papers, articles
Punch holes in papers for binders
Course Feedback
• On a piece of paper, complete the
following 3 sentences about how this
course is being run:
• Keep doing …
• Stop doing …
• Start doing …
• Do not include your name.
Slide 5.
Buddhist Monks and
homoeroticism
• Secondary literature
• Books, articles by scholars writing about the issue in that
religion.
• Use http://library.stfx.ca to search for “Buddhist
masturbation”
• Result: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4617241
• Primary literature
• Writings (often ancient) by the people in that religion.
• This is what the secondary literature uses to support its
ideas (look at the footnotes).
• Google the title and author
• Result:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/55438531/PatimokkhaWilliam-Pruitt-2001-236
Slide 6.
In the calendar
Oct. 27, 2011:
New Year
(Jainism)
On the second
day of Diwali,
Jains
celebrate the
New Year.
This is an
occasion for
gatherings and
wishing others
well.
In the calendar
October 30:
Reformation Day
(Protestant
Christianity)
On this day in 1517,
Augustinian monk
Martin Luther nailed a
document to the door
of the castle chapel in
Wittenberg, Germany.
The document’s 95
theses contained
arguments against the
practices of the
Roman Catholic
Church, particularly
the sale of indulgences
(forgiving sins in
exchange for money).
In 1520, Luther and his
supporters were
excommunicated,
which led to the
Protestant
Reformation.
This day is celebrated
as an anniversary of
the Protestant
Christian tradition and
a day for religious
freedom.
Dhammapada
“Holy Man”
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Buddhism
Beginning with slide #
Philosophical Buddhism
• three jewels and the five precepts.
• three marks of existence, non-self;
dependent origination, impermanence, the
five aggregates
Slide 11.
For Homework
• For Monday, 11:15
• Read pages 156-162 of
Chapter 5 on Buddhism,
and write the quiz on
Moodle
• For Tuesday, 1:15
• Read Ashoka’s inscriptions
and the Angulimala Sutta
for discussion
• For Thursday, 12:15
• Submit your paper
proposal on Moodle
Slide 12.