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Religion

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1. How does the text define religion, and what role does religion play in your life? Think of any two social institutions such as education or marriage and family which adhere to the religious principles of the majority. Hypothetically speaking, how would society be structured if those religious principles were removed. (CSLO 4, USLO 7.1)
2. Emile Durkheim believed that religion promotes social cohesion, social control, and offers meaning and purpose to human life. Do you agree with him? Why or why not? Provide at least 2 specific instances, from your experience or others’, to support your viewpoint. (CSLO 4, USLO 7.2)
3. German sociologist and political economist Max Weber (1864–1920), in his seminal work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, believed religion to be a precipitator of social change. Critique his approach and argue against his view point to show that changes in religious ideals did not create capitalism. (CSLO 4, USLOs 7.2, 7.5)
4. German philosopher, journalist, and revolutionary socialist Karl Marx (1818–1883) studied the social impact of religion and believed religion reflects the social stratification of society. He argued that religion maintains inequality and perpetuates the status quo. Pick a social situation or an event in the past 5 years, and using an NBC Learn video clip, support or critique Marx’s take on religion.

Race, Religion, and Social Justice

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A person studying his or her own culture can be likened to a fish trying to describe
water. While the insider is capable of noticing subtle local variations, the outsider
is far more likely to notice the tacit understandings that local people take for
granted as ‘common sense’ or ‘natural’ categories of thought.
(John Monaghan & Peter Just, 2000, A Dispute in Donggo: Fieldwork and
Ethnography – Week 3)
One of the main goals of the course is to strengthen students’ analytical skills in
investigating cultural practices and social relations. In this writing assignment, you
will demonstrate how the course materials made you rethink human and cultural
differences. To complete this assignment, you are required to write an essay about
a sociocultural custom/norm/practice/belief (for example, kinship practices, family
structure, marital traditions, economic behavior, political institution, spirituality,
gender or sexual identity, cuisines, social hierarchy, and so on). The paper should
clearly outline and support a central thesis. Ideally, autoethnography should be the
methodological approach of this assignment, i.e., you are expected to select a
cultural practice with which you have a personal connection, use your personal
experience to interpret it, and explain how the course concepts and materials have
shaped your positionality or cultural biases. Incorporate the following segments in
your essay:

  1. A clear explanation of the selected cultural custom
    [Thinking questions: What is it? Why did you select it? Are you an insider or an
    outsider to the culture?]
  2. An insider-outsider analysis of the selected cultural custom
    [Thinking questions: Referring to the mentioned above quote, how does an insider’s
    view of the selected cultural practice differ from an outsider’s? What are the
    limitations and strengths of each perspective? Are there any wider institutions or
    forces involved in shaping these perspectives? How does your personal experience
    explain these perspectives?]
  3. The impact of course materials on the student’s perspective of the culture
    [Thinking questions: What was your preconceived understanding of the topic?
    Based on your positionality as an insider/outsider to the selected culture, how did
    course materials and additional literature impact your perspectives?]
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  4. A closing argument about the topic based on reflexivity and scholarly reviews
    [Thinking question: How does the critical review of scholarly materials make you
    rethink your understanding of the topic?]1

Social identity based on race/ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status

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Consider your social identity based on race/ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, age, and/or ability. Visit a social activity or public space in which the majority of people are from a social identity different from your own.

The Assignment should address each of the following points:

Describe the experience.
Reflect on the experience and consider:
What were your preconceptions or expectations before the experience?
What were your reactions to, thoughts about, and/or emotional responses to the experience?
What did you gain or learn from this experience?
Explain privilege in relation to this social identity.
Apply concepts and material from this week’s resources to the experience.

 

 

 

Race/ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, gender,

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consider your social identity based on race/ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, age, and/or ability. Visit a social activity or public space in which the majority of people are from a social identity different from your own.

The Assignment should address each of the following points:

Describe the experience.
Reflect on the experience and consider:
What were your preconceptions or expectations before the experience?
What were your reactions to, thoughts about, and/or emotional responses to the experience?
What did you gain or learn from this experience?
Explain privilege in relation to this social identity.

 

How culture, religion, and socioeconomics might influence one’s perspective on the value of psychotherapy treatments

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Explain how culture, religion, and socioeconomics might influence one’s perspective on the value of psychotherapy treatments. Describe how legal and ethical considerations for group and family therapy differ from those for individual therapy and explain how these differences might impact your therapeutic approaches for clients in group, individual, and family therapy. Support your rationale with at least three peer-reviewed, evidence-based sources and explain why each of your supporting sources is considered scholarly. Attach the PDFs of your sources.

How culture, religion, and socioeconomics might influence one’s perspective

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Explain how culture, religion, and socioeconomics might influence one’s perspective on the value of psychotherapy treatments. Describe how legal and ethical considerations for group and family therapy differ from those for individual therapy and explain how these differences might impact your therapeutic approaches for clients in group, individual, and family therapy. Support your rationale with at least three peer-reviewed, evidence-based sources and explain why each of your supporting sources is considered scholarly. Attach the PDFs of your sources.

Religion

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Watch on-line a Jewish Tradition or Islamic Service and submit the designated paper by the end of week 4.

Paper instructions for each designated religious service (use the template imbedded in each lesson activity):

Write a 3-page (or more, if needed) paper about your visit
Give attention to page length and include the following sections:
First paragraph includes place and date of service.
One full page: Detail the narrative of your visit. (e.g., I arrived…then I…)
One half page: Detail all the aesthetics and symbols in the service
One half page: Articulate the contents of the message
One full page: Evaluate if the practices and teachings are consistent with Christian theology. Utilize Morgan to navigate a comparison with Christian theology, at least addressing the doctrine of God, Scripture, and Salvation.

 

Religion, gender, race, sexuality, and morality

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After you have completed the Unit 4 material and have considered the ways that religion, gender, race, sexuality, and morality are portrayed in popular culture, consider following questions:

How can popular culture influence society’s perceptions of religion, race, gender, sexuality and morality? Share specific examples from pop culture to support your argument.
What is popular culture’s role in emphasizing or minimizing stereotypes? Does pop culture reinforce popular stereotypes or break them down? Share examples to support your position.
Share a unique example from pop culture of a counter-dominant portrayal of a gender, race, or religion (one that has not already been shared by a classmate).

 

Class, race, religion, and education so salient in terms of voting predictability

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Why are certain factors such as age, region, class, race, religion, and education so salient in terms of voting predictability? Explore these factors to explain what about each of these factors would make an individual vote in any particular way, and discuss whether these categories have changed over time.