World View Chart Writing Assignment

FINAL PAPER: World View Chart Writing Assignment

Due Week 10 and worth 235 points

This assignment uses the information you have gathered for your weekly World View Chart Assignments.

Choose ONE (1) category (origin of all things, nature of god, view of human nature, view of good and evil, etc.) from the chart to focus on for this assignment. Consider how the selected category relates to all of the religions covered and to your own social or work experiences.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Select ONE (1) category from the completed World View Chart. Provide a rationale for choosing this category. What is compelling about this category? Why is it important in the study of religion?
2. Describe the selected content and explain the significance of the selected category across all of the religions studied. Show in what ways the category is significant for each religion.
3. Give an example of how you have noticed this category in your life, town or country. What impact does this category have in the everyday lives of people who practice religion in your area? (You do not have to give examples of all the religions in your area, just one you have noticed besides any you practice). For example, in Cincinnati, Ohio we have Hindu, Greek Orthodox, Catholic festivals in the summer. So if my category were “Festivals and Celebrations” I could use those events as my example.
4. Use at least three (3) quality resources as references for the assignment and document your sources using APA Style for in-text citations and references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
5. Write clearly and coherently using correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and mechanics.

Your assignment must:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch 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.
  

  REL212 WORLD VIEW CHART
  This chart contains all the research you need to write the final paper for this course. If you do the research and reading on the religion(s) we study each week, and if you give yourself a good guide to the religions using this chart, you will have a good foundation for that final paper. The more information you provide for yourself with this chart, the easier it will be to write your final paper. Do not forget to provide adequate material for any in-text citations and be sure to include a reference page as well. On the left-hand side of the chart are the categories and the content to be discussed.   Complete and submit the following chart. Provide citations for any source(s) you used to explain or provide examples for in your research. List in APA Style full references for any in-text citations and source(s) made in the above chart. Use full sentences and correct grammar, etc..
  Student Name:
  RELIGION(S) OF THE WEEK	Provide your response in this column.
  · State the name of the Religion being addressed in this chart. · Please address ONLY ONE (1) religion per chart. If there is more than one religion for the week, do two charts.	Hinduism
  ORIGIN OF ALL THINGS	Provide your response in this column.
  Every religion has a cosmology/cosmogony to explain its view of the universe and the place of humans in it. Explain the cosmology/cosmogony for this week’s religion. Explain how it is manifested in the subsequent worldview that develops for that religion.	Cycles – Lord Vishnu calmed by the snake, woke lotus, and grew with Brahma in it. Lord told Brahma to create the world. Brahma calmed the winds, stilled the waves, and brought peace. Brahma Split the lotus into three parts, heavens, earth, skies. Three lords, one god but called different things by his action, when God creates, it is called Brahma, Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:go Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:3 Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:g
  NATURE OF GOD/CREATOR	Provide your response in this column.
  In what way does this religion have a God or gods? How does this worship of deity/deities reflect the cosmology of the religion? If the religion has no God/gods, in what way does this absence reflect their cosmology?	Three major groups, Shaktas, Shaivites, and Vaishnavites – Vishnu, Krishna, Siva, Kali, Ganesh
  VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE	Provide your response in this column.
  · State how this religion views human beings. What is human nature according to this religion? Why does the view of human nature matter? · If you cannot identify how this religion defines human beings, suggest as to why it doesn’t. Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:offer a Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:ion	Based on the Vedas.
  VIEW OF GOOD & EVIL	Provide your response in this column.
  · State how this religion defines the concept of good and evil. · How does this definition or understanding impact the way adherents to the religion live their daily lives?	Karma, action, and consequences. Every act and every thought and every desire we have shapes our future experiences. Our life is what we Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:, have made it. And we are shaped by what we have done: Comment by Grammarly: Deleted: ourselves
  VIEW OF SALVATION	Provide your response in this column.
  · All religions suggest that human beings are faced with a “problem” that needs to be overcome. What is the “problem” this religion identifies? Is this problem intrinsic or extrinsic for the person? Is it individually manifested or is it a collective problem?	There are many paths to salvation. They strive to achieve moksha or liberation from Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:, Comment by Grammarly: Deleted: t The limitations of space, time, and matter through the realization of the immortal- absolute Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:t Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:l A
  VIEW OF AFTERLIFE	Provide your response in this column.
  · What does this religion teach about “what comes next” after all is said and done? In what do adherents of this religion place their hope for any future life or existence? Describe the impact this belief or non-belief impacts the person daily life and the structures of society. With such a view of the after-life, what type of societal structures or institutions would we expect to develop in the culture?	Reincarnation
  PRACTICES AND RITUALS	Provide your response in this column.
  · How do members of this religion “practice” their “faith?” · What ceremonies, or rituals, do they use to help pass this religion on to the next generation? If you cannot identify how this religion is practiced, suggest as to why it doesn’t have any rituals or practices. Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:offer a Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:ion	Puja – Public worship. Ritual fire ceremonies around a haven or sacred fire.
  CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS	Provide your response in this column.
  · Identify one or two celebrations and/or festivals that members of this religion use to express their beliefs in public, or in private. Why do religions develop celebrations and/or festivals? How are these different from practices and rituals?	Diwali with lights and fireworks Holi – Death of winter, the return of spring, Krishna’s birthday I s also celebrated, the honoring of Ganesh, there are 16 festival holiday are honored by the government Comment by Grammarly: Deleted:’s