Comparative Religions

Week 8 needs to have 450+ words with in-text citations and source page at the end.

ALL ASSIGNMENTS ALL UNDER 1 FILE with week number and question at the top of the page

7. Choose one of the following movies or videos, view it and comment upon it using some of the historical and critical methods applied in the From Jesus to Christ series.

Jesus & Paul (Documentary)The Robe (Early Christian, old classic)

The Passion of the Christ The Last Temptation of Christ

Quo Vadis (early Christian, old, classic)Ben Hur (2016)

In Search of PaulLife of Bryan (Monty Python’s parody)

Week 10 needs to have 450+ words with in-text citations and source page at the end.

Part 1

5. Select two groups after 1800 and write an essay similar in intent to # 4, including reasons for their further separation from mainstream Christianity.

Part 2

10. How is The Study of Religion different from Philosophy and Theology? How is it the same? Reflect on some of the major early figures who shaped The Study of Religion.

Week 11 needs to have 450+ words with in-text citations and source page at the end.4. What are your thoughts on Baha’i? How did the movement begin and continue to sustain itself into the modern period.

5. What aspects of the notion of “God” do Sikhs share with Baha’i ? As both religions are influenced by Islam, how might their ideas of the divine compare with Christians and Jews.