Milestone Homework: The Religious Approach to Social Issues
As you have read, all religious traditions share three basic characteristics from which we may analyze the religion and compare it to other religions. For your Final Project, you will focus on a single pillar of analysis from which you will engage in a deeper study of a religious tradition.
For this worksheet activity, you will consider a contemporary social issue from the perspective of your selected religious tradition within the context of your selected pillar of analysis. Some suggested social issues for you to consider are listed here. However, feel free to select a social issue that is of interest to you even if it is not shown in the list.
Suggested social issues:
a) Climate change
b) Unequal distribution of wealth
c) Capital punishment
In the writing space below, identify the social issue you chose to explore. Then, write a 100¬- to 150-word paragraph in which you analyze your selected religious tradition's worldview as it relates to your chosen social issue. Be sure to explore the following ideas:
1) Why is this social issue of particular importance to adherents of your chosen religious tradition?
2) What actions have adherents of your religious tradition taken to effect change related to the social issue?
3) In what ways have these actions affected people both within and outside the selected religion's sacred canopy?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.