What is religion? Be sure to include concepts such as beliefs, symbols, rituals, and ethics in your analysis. Illustrate how the religion practiced by the group you visited qualifies or does not qualify as a religion, based on your assessment.How do religious practices shape individual and group identity?
Discuss two examples of the formation of shared meaning developed through religious practice and participative rituals.
Illustrate two examples of ways you note individual and group identity is shaped by the experiences of the religious group you visited.
Provide two examples of how religious groups are shaped in part by cultural elements and two examples of how religious groups engage or affect secular culture.
Include two observations of cultural elements in the religious experience at the site you visited to support your conclusions.