Category: Religion and Theology

Its an 8 page essay. Double spaced. 12 font. Its the final paper for a class called Performing arts and Religion studies. In the class we did a skit in the class, on this book called Ms Marvel which is about islamic superheros. my essay is about islamic feminism. And that was my role in my skit. I just had a role to convery what islamic feminism is, and how its important. 
These are some pointers to have in the essay. ———–>>
The paper must address the following issues: 
Why did you choose this particular text to rehearse and perform?
1 Professor told me told me to do.
My personal interests in Marvel
My personal curiosity about the fact that someone dared to write Marvel about a Muslim character.   The author of this novel is an American convert to Islam.  
My personal interest in feminism
My curiosity about Islamic feminism
How did rehearsing and performing enriched your understanding of the text
It demonstrated to me rigor and resistance of feminism
It demonstrated me its possible limiations
It made thing about future of feminism
It made think about compability of Islam or any religion with feminist agenda.
It also sort of generated in a sense of caution- what if feminism is just one the ideologies?  Maybe all ideologies are wrong.   
How did reading additional material (see a note on this below) help you articulate more clearly your understanding of the text?
Is Quran a really feminist text?  According to Muslim, Quran is a holly text revealed directly to Mohammed.   6th century Saudi Arabian peninsular.   It is a word of God.  Everything in Quran is true in the absolute sense.   Bring your personal experience into consideration.   Examine here thoroughly – is there, should there be Islamic feminism?  Or is it an American academic concoction? 
Why Muslims traditionally have issues with Hinduism?    Christians and the Jews are mentioned as people of the book in Quran and accorded certain amount of tolerance.   Hinduism is not mentioned in Quran.   Especially images- Quran forbids using images.  
Is it just of one interpretation of reality
What impact did your active encounter with the text have on your personal spiritual development?
Did you personal feelings and thoughts change about Islam after rehearsals, ?
Would you recommend this text to your friends to help with their own spiritual development and why?
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Additional info attached. 
– To succeed in this assignment, you need to use 3 articles and 2 books (a
combination of primary and secondary sources) to substantiate and develop the
main points of your argument
– Double spaced, 12 font one inch margin. 
-MLA style citation is preferred. 
Attched example bibliography but it can be changed. 

This research paper will express my viewpoint concerning my spiritual growth
and my philosophy on making disciples.
Please compose this paper using Turabian 9th edition.
Here’s your outline:
1. Share your story of coming to Christ and how you’ve grown spiritually.
2. What implications does your experience have for helping people mature in
faith?
3. Explore the tension between working out our salvation and working to earn
our salvation (See Galatians 3).
4. What does it mean to be an apprentice of Christ?
5. What can a local church do to help people in their spiritual growth?
Unlike other research papers, please use first person in this paper. I need to express my own opinion on making disciples, but it needs to be an informed opinion. In other words, there have been many great thinkers throughout Church history, and I would like you to reference some of them in this paper (e.g., Willard and Foster have written a lot). Of course, the Bible is a foundational reference for
all we do, so I also would like you to reference biblical material.
In addition to the Bible, I need a minimum of eight high-quality references.
Please do NOT use the following in this paper as they are NOT academic sources,
even if they are wonderful ministers/speakers/Bible teachers (and they are!)
Matthew Henry, Chuck Swindoll, John MacArthur, David Jeremiah, Beth Moore, J.
Vernon McGee, Warren Wiersbe, H. Ironside, Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, etc.
Below, I attached my personal written testimoney so that you have a baseline for my spiritual growth and can therefore make an assumption on my philosophy for making disciples.

Write a concise essay that adequately
answers the following questions.
·      
What is archaeology?
·      
What is its role during interpreting the Old
Testament?
·      
How has archaeology illuminated our
understanding of the Old Testament as sacred, ancient literature?
Please use the attached documents below as the guide to format the paper and cite the sources.
Please use scholarly sources to develop the paper.

Research Paper.  Each student must complete a 10-15 page research paper on any of the topics covered in the course and the trip.   Students may write on a topic of their own choosing provided it has the explicit, advance approval of the instructor. 
Criteria for research paper: 
1.     Well-written, that is, clarity of expression;
2.     Knowledge of the specific topic chosen;
3.     Good use of primary, secondary and in situ sources;   
4.     Creative and purposeful ordering of the material;
it can be all about women in christianity in italy

Watch the attached video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIgmEypQ-0A&t=192s
Offer a reflection essay (in less than 750 words) that
intelligently engages the question, “Do you believe the Old Testament is
dying?”
Please use the attached documents below as the guide to
format the paper and cite the sources.
Please use scholarly sources to develop the paper.

The initial post must be at least 270 words!!!!, the 3 reply posts must be as accurate as possible 
In your own words and with reference to the metaphor of the mountain in
Paracka’s “China’s Three Teachings,” explain how Buddhism, Confucianism
and Daoism differ yet also complement one another in a new environmental
ethic.  
Articles
Paracka Jr, D. J. (2012). China’s three teachings and the relationship of Heaven, Earth and Humanity. Worldviews, 16, 73–98. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=71833669&custid=s7439054
Video Reference
George Thompson. (2018, December 8). Taoism (Daoism) explained + how it could improve your life – Tea Time Taoism [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kij4kKSGzCE

Research an instance or instances of activism that are led by people of faith. This should be at least 2 pages in length. The paper should analyze and synthesize various credible sources and interpret and reflect on how faith is motivating and working in the groups. This can look like researching news on the interfaith organizing of the student encampment movements, the history and current work of Jewish Voices for Peace to advocate on behalf of the Palestinian people, the role of faith in the BLM movements, Muslim women or faith based activism options that interest you! This could also explore social action motivated by religion that you dislike or simply want to examine further.

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.

In your paper, you are welcome to draw from material from the videos or study guides, but make sure to include Scripture.  Look ahead to Chapter 6 in God’s Big Picture and read the section titled “The Cross: Salvation through Substitution”; also note the different images of salvation in this section (e.g., redemption, reconciliation, justification, conquest). 
Requirements: Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spaced, APA format, TWO COMPLETE PAGES

3. Research Paper
Choose the topic of contemporary theological issues on the books by Olson or Smith with the
articles recently in the library formatted by Turabian. Bible verses and reflections must be
included.
I have included the related chapter from the book; you should read it and write a research paper.