What kind of things might attract people to a religion? What might turn people away?

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I want someone to right a short essay of 150 words for each question.

1.)What role does religion play in society?

2.) How does religion usually spread?

3.)What kind of things might attract people to a religion? What might turn people away?

4.)Discuss the importance of the prophets/ religions figures background?

5.)Compare key figures across different world religions?

6.)What is the significance of sacred texts within world religions?

How do a person’s beliefs impact other aspects of social life?

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Religion

Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, and Max Weber each devoted some time to writing about religion and society, including questions such as the following:

  • What do people believe?
  • How do people talk about religion?
  • How is religion organized?
  • How do a person’s beliefs impact other aspects of social life?

Review this Web site, and answer the following questions:

  • What social purpose does religion serve?
  • Define and give examples of each of the following terms:
    • Profane
    • Sacred
    • Faith
    • Ritual
  • Choose 1 of these theorists: Max Weber, Karl Marx, or Emile Durkheim. Describe his thoughts and views on religion.
  • Discuss how religion can exert social control over its believers.

Be sure to incorporate at least 2 outside resources, and cite your sources following APA form

Analyze what is meant by religion.

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  • Margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze what is meant by religion.
  • Analyze the similarities and differences in the primary beliefs held by major religious traditions and the cultures in which these religions evolved.
  • Describe the varieties of religious experience and practice in a wide range of cultures.
  • Recognize how daily life within various religions and current affairs are influenced by religion.
  • Develop written pieces that demonstrate an analysis of a topic relevant to the course.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in religion.
  • Write clearly and concisely about world religions using proper writing mechanics

Answer

What do you think of Shmuel’s criticisms and Barbara Myerhoff’s defense of the “graduation” ceremony?

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Subject   AnthropologyTopic   Book review (Number our days by barbara myerhoff)
Paper details Complete these 8 reading assignments in Number Our Days: Foreword by Victor Turner (xiii-xvii)\n“So What Do You Want from Us Here?” (1-39)\n“Needle and Thread: The Life and Death of a Tailor” (40-78)\n“We Don’t Wrap Herring in a Printed Page” (79-112)\n“For an Educated Man, He Could Learn a Few Things” (113-52)\n“We Fight to Keep Warm” (153-94)\nTeach Us to Number Our Days (195-231)\n“Jewish Comes Up in You from the Roots” (232-68)\nEpilogue and Afterword (269-81)As your prepare to write your simulated correspondence, please take the time to reflect on the following study questions:\n\nWhat do you think of Shmuel’s criticisms and Barbara Myerhoff’s defense of the “graduation” ceremony? (Chapter 3)\nWhat do you think of Myerhoff’s claims about the nature of rituals and how they work, and about the tensions between tradition and innovation? (Chapter 3)\nWhat do you think makes a ritual practice (sacred or secular) true, genuine, or authentic? (Chapter 3)\nWhat do you make of Shmuel’s story about the fire and the prayer in the forest? (Chapter 3)\nHow would you compare and contrast Shmuel and Kominsky, and their interactions and relationships with other members of the center? What similarities and differences do you see? (Chapter 4)\nWhat do you think of Barbara Myerhoff’s analysis of the whole Kominsky business? What do you think of Shmuel’s take on what happened and his response to Myerhoff’s interpretation? (Chapter 4)\nWhat do you think of Barbara Myerhoff’s analysis of the Cohen affair? What do you think of Shmuel’s take on these goings-on at the center and his response to Myerhoff’s interpretation? (Chapter 5)\nWhat do you think of the idea that ill feelings or hurtful words can actually cause harm to another person? (Chapter 5)\nWhat do you think of Barbara Myerhoff’s account of how Jacob Koved aged so successfully? What do you think of Shmuel’s imagined response to her analysis? (Chapter 6)\nWhy do you think Myerhoff’s imaginary Shmuel would say that she had a very Jewish dream? (Chapter 6)\nDo you think Jacob had a good death? Why or why not? What do you think makes a good death? (Chapter 6)\nWhat relationship do you see between the directive to “number our days” and the promised consequence “that we may get us a heart of wisdom”? (Chapter 6)\nWhat do you make of Heschel’s comments about pain and being awake and aware and alive, and about pain being the avenue to getting a soul? (Chapter 6)\nWhat do you think of the concept of domestic religion? (Chapter 7)\nWhat do you think of Barbara Myerhoff’s claim that human beings are homo narrans, humankind the storyteller, that the drive to tell stories is an essential part of our very nature? (Epilogue) Write at least 2 paragraphs (approximately ¾–1 full page) of simulated correspondence in response to each of the 8 reading assignments