Title: Engaging with Religious Studies: Examining Statements and Approaches to the Academic Study of Religion

Based on what you’ve just learnt about the discipline of Religious Studies, are the following statements a good/ useful/ academically correct way of engaging our subject matter as we undertake the academic study of religion over the next few months? Why or why not?
a – Islam is a peaceful religion.
b – Muslims should pray five times a day. (Roughly comparable to: Christians should go to church every Sunday).
c – Some Hindus are atheists.
Some advice before answering this prompt:
1 – Carefully read how the syllabus describes the reading responses! 
2 – As stated in the syllabus description of the reading responses, make sure that you’ve: a) met the word count; b) listed the word count for the response; c) included the 4 terms/concepts; d) provided page numbers for all the information mentioned in your response, including the terms/concepts.

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