Assignment
Use the following book to reference and answer the following 3 questions:
Fisher, M. P. (2013). Living religions (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
1) What is your opinion of the Daoist ideas of "cosmic balance" and "harmony?" Do extreme actions produce opposite balancing actions? Have you seen this in life?
2) Part 1: How does the Jewish outlook on suffering compare with the secular culture's view of suffering?
Part 2: Reflect on what you have learned thus far in this course. What has interested you the most? What, if anything, has concerned or surprised you to learn?
3) There are stories of sacrifice, bondage and exodus, and survival in the wilderness that are an integral part of the Jewish tradition. Compare and contrast the plots of these stories with secular stories that you are aware of with similar themes. In addition, discuss the significance of the secular stories for the intended audiences. What sorts of assumptions or biases might audiences who are not the target audiences draw from these stories (perhaps if they don't identify with the main characters of the stories)?