PHL122 Online (Montgomery-Richards)
Topic outline
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Please complete this once you have thoroughly reviewed the syllabus, and have asked the instructor any questions you might have. This will serve as verification that you have not only read the syllabus, but that you understand all of the expectations and responsibilities associated with the course.
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This Libguide has been created for us by the NMC librarians. Just click on PHIL121 and you will be teleported to the wonderful world of Western Religion. There you will find links to resources, ideas for places to hunt for current events, suggestions for how to evaluate the credibility of your news source, and much more!
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From the Purdue Online Writing Lab - this is a valuable resource if you are unfamiliar with Chicago NB (notes and bibliography) style citation.
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Week 1
(Parliament of World Religions, Salt Lake City, UT 2015)
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Read
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Please see the document for links to two short readings. Please read each article, and review the very short embedded videos. These readings will inform your consideration of the Joseph Campbell & George Lucas video (link located under the watch section for this week).
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Watch
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This page displays two lecture videos for this week. Watch the videos in the order they are listed on this page. When you're finished, watch The Mythology of Star Wars video below.
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Participate
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Now that you have added your own introduction, please use this link to view the introductions of your classmates.
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Week 2
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Read
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Please open this article and read this interview with Eboo Patel, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, and speaker on Religious Pluralism.
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This is an optional reading if you need more background on Nonduality as it relates to the required "Buddha at the Gas Pump" video this week. This reading is from SAND: Science and Nonduality for those interested in the concept. This is mentioned by Dr. Dana Sawyer in the "Buddha at the Gas Pump". Once again, totally optional information, but available should you be interested.
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Watch
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This is an introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion as explained by one of it's founders, Dr. Thomas Lawson. Please watch up to minute 11:47 of this interview. It may be helpful to keep in mind that he was giving this interview as part of a conference on the Cognitive Science of Religion.
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Please read the brief text description of Dr. Dana Sawyer and perennial philosophy, then watch at least the first hour of this video on the practical application of perennial philosophy. This will give you a better sense of perennialism and religion, particularly relative to the work of Aldous Huxley and Houston Smith.
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Participate
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Quiz
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Week 1
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It looks like the images I tried to send as part of my email this week may not have gone through. Here they are - just for fun!
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Read
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Watch
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This page displays a playlist of videos (lectures and 3rd party videos). Watch each of the videos in the order they are listed on this page.
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Participate
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Week 2
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Read
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Watch
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This page displays a playlist of videos (lectures and 3rd party videos). Watch each of the videos in the order they are listed on this page.
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Participate
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Quiz
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Week 1
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Farhan and I - Leh, Ladakh, India 2018
Farhan, students, Stephanie Prall (International Student Services Office - NMC) and I in Dharmasala - 2019
Farhan, the rest of the GO India team (in NMC shirts), Stephanie Prall and I with a Parsi host family - Dehli, India - 2019
And sometimes you just have to sing to 80's music! (bus ride to Rishikesh, India 2019)
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Read
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Watch
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This page displays a playlist of videos. Watch each of the videos in the order they are listed on this page.
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Participate
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Week 2
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Read
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Please read this Huffington Post article about a recently opened (within the last three years) Zoroastrian temple in New York.
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Watch
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Participate
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Quiz
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Week 1
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Monks at H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama's Temple, Dharamsala India
Dalai Lama Temple Complex (his home is in the background behind the locked gate), Dharamsala India
Stupa, Dharamsala India
Main temple, Norbulingka Institute, Dharamsala India
Personal audience with His Eminence, the Head Abbot of Gyuto Tantric Monastery, Dharamsala India
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1.7 MB Audio file (M4A)
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Read
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Please read this article on Birth and Reincarnation - it will aid in your understanding of what is "reborn" if there is no "self" (anatman)
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Watch
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This page displays a playlist of videos. Watch each of the videos in the order they are listed on this page.
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Participate
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Week 2
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Read
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Watch
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This page displays a playlist of videos. Watch each of the videos in the order they are listed on this page.
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Participate
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Quiz
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Week 1
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Read
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Watch
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This page displays a playlist of videos. Watch each of the videos in the order they are listed on this page.
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Participate
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Week 2
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Group Project Groups
Miranda
Tanner
Amanda
Harlie
JustineDarren
Jasmine
PaigeA'Leeghan
Alisha
EmilyRobin
Brendan
AnnDoris
DanSavannah
Brianna
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Read
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Here's a basic overview of Confucianism. You may find it helpful to print this to include in your notes for the course.
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Watch
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This page displays a playlist of videos. Watch each of the videos in the order they are listed on this page.
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Participate
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Quiz
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2018 Parliament of the World's Religions -- Toronto, Canada
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Week 1
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Read
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Chapter 12 of Fisher's Living Religions, page 459 - 478 (up to "Nature Spirituality")
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Watch
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Please watch the NRM lecture on VoiceThread. I've added it to voice thread to offer you an example of how this can be done for your group projects at the end of the semester.
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Please follow the link to view a retrospective piece from CNN on Heaven's Gate. *Note - this clip includes some of the original CNN and ABC news footage*
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Participate
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Week 2
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Read
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Chapter 12 of Fisher's Living Religions, page 478 ("Nature Spirituality") - 495
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Please take a look at the tenets on the website of the Satanic Temple, and spend 5-10 min looking around the site. I think it's interesting to consider the question: If we removed the term "Satan" from the verbiage, would you be able to tell that the tenets and work of this group is "Satanic"?
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Spend some time reviewing the 13 Principles of Belief, as offered by "Pagan Path".
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Watch
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Satanism Lecture - approx. 20 minutes.
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Please watch: Lucien Greaves: The Satanic Temple (interview from 2017) - approx. 24 minutes *some very limited adult language in this interview*
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Please follow the link to the video from Circle Sanctuary showing an example of a pagan celebration
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Participate
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Quiz
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Week 1
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Read This
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Optional reading regarding privilege. Just more brain-food for you to noodle and keep in mind as you are reviewing current events throughout the semester.
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Please review this page and its information on various types of discrimination (including religious)
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Please review the text, and watch the embedded "Lesson 1, Module 1B" video
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Watch This
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Participate
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Weeks 2 & 3
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Read This
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Please review this timeline just to get a sense of the history of Hinduism in America.
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Please read this blog - it's a few years old, but still interesting.
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Please review to get a sense of some of the key moments in American Buddhism
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Please browse this website, paying special attention to the "About" section" and the "Parliaments" section (which contains info on all the Parliaments since 1893)
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Watch This
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This page displays a playlist of videos. Watch each of the videos in the order they are listed on this page.
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Participate
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