Assignment:
Q1: Summarize the primary argument of the Richardson and Weatherby article "Belief in an Afterlife as Symbolic Sanction." How persuasive is the analysis? Cite at least one strength and one weakness in the argument.
Q2: Summarize the primary argument of the Flynn and Kunkel article "Deprivation, Compensation, and Conceptions of an Afterlife." How persuasive is the analysis? Cite at least one strength and one weakness in the argument.
Readings:
1. Belief in an Afterlife as Symbolic Sanction
By: John G. Richardson and Georgie A. Weatherby
2. Deprivation, Compensation, and Conceptions of an Afterlife
By: Charles P. Flynn and Suzanne R. Kunkel