Religious Site Visit Proposal & Report:
Locate and attend a religious service/site and analyze the experience in the context of one of the topics or theories we are studying in the course.
For this assignment students are required to locate and attend a religious service/site (e.g. a local church, mosque, temple, synagogue, etc.) for a religion that is not your own and analyze the experience in the context of one of the topics or theories we are studying in the course. You are welcome to go with another student or as a group, but your paper must be written by you individually. The final paper (approx. 1500 words) is due Wed. Nov. 13th, and come prepared to share your findings with fellow students in small groups. This is an opportunity to personally experience religion in action and see how it connects with the theoretical understandings we are studying. Further instructions will be posted on Blackboard.
Site Report Assignment:
Some Examples of Theories, Methods and Topics in the Study of Religion
Theories
(tend to be named after original author)
Tylor
Frazer
Marx
Freud
Durkheim
Weber
Otto
Eliade
Geertz
Douglas
Berger
Bellah
Jung
Doniger
Grimes
Methods
Phenomenology
Comparative method
Ethnography
Historical/HR
“Thick” description
“methodological atheism”
etc.
Topics
Symbols
Myth
Ritual
Music
Art
Architecture
Interpretation of Scripture
Specific movements:
• Spiritualism
• Evangelicalism
• Revivalism
• Methodism
• African Gospel
Note: while no single scholar is attached to these, you would need to identify what Religion scholars have written on these topics
What i need for this assignment is shown above, the materials that are mentioned i have them as PowerPoint Slides. Also, the topics are shown above, i’ll choose to write any of these topics that relate to the topics that i mentioned and relate to Christianity South Korea. In addition, i need 1- the name and the address of the place that you will apply the work in, which will be somewhere in Canada, Halifax NS. 2- a summary for this project that doesn’t exceed 150 words because I’ll use it for a group discussion. 3- I want the work to be as simple in WORDS, GRAMMAR, and UNDERSTANDING as you can. 4- I need the sources that you will use to be mentioned in the papers, as well as scholars names as it shown in the note above. 5- I’ll provide you the slides, so it makes it easier for you to be on track of the work.