WORLD RELIGIONS
DISCUSSION BOARD EXERCISE - MODULE TWO - WEEK TWO
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read Chapter Two "The Nature of the Sacred"in The Sacred Quest: An Invitation to the Study of Religion, Lawrence Cunningham and John Kelsay, 6th Edition, Pearson Publications, 2012.
2. Choose from one the two questions/exercises found below. Remember to write out the question/exercise, including its number, in your response.
3. Your DBE responses should be a minimum of 600 words each and must be accurate and detailed, on topic, thoughtful, and advance the discussion. Remember to proof your work; all postings should be written in college-level English. This means that your writing must be grammatically correct (spelling, punctuation, capitalization and correct sentence structure) and citations must be formatted appropriately and include a bibliography.
4. All claims, assertions, opinions, and conclusions are required to be supported by relevant research. Students may use either Turabian or MLA style for their responses and for citing. A properly prepared and grammatically correct response is worth up to 25 total points.
MOD2/WK2DISCUSSION BOARD EXERCISE QUESTION
1. Write an essay which dissects the author's proposed four-part definition of "sacred" in terms of its strengths and weaknesses.
2. Buddhists are encouraged to order their lives to try to achieve Nirvana. Write an essay which describes how the sacred impacts human existence in at least two other major religions.
Remember to cite your sources. Otherwise it's considered plagiarism
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