RELIGIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Thurs., Oct. 21 Zoroastrianism
Reading:
Young 166-172
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Tues., Oct. 26 Judaism: History
Reading:
Young 172-178; Novak 5:1-10
CD: "Abraham", "Moses", "The Exodus", "The Ten Commandments"
Thurs., Oct. 28 Judaism: Distinctve Teaching
Reading:
Young 178-185; Novak 5:23-28
Time: A Ritual for All Ages" 20 (July 7, 2003, p. 86)
CD: "The Torah", "The Sabbath"
Tues., Nov. 2 Judaism: Orthodox, Reform, Conservative
Reading:
Young 185-193; Novak 5:33-37
Time: "Pop Goes the Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism Makes a Comeback With Younger People
Yearning for More Individual Spirituality" 18-19 (Nov. 24, 1997, p. 92-93)
CD: "Passover", "Jerusalem"
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Thurs., Nov. 4 Judaism: The Holocaust
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Tues., Nov. 9 Christianity: History
Reading:
Young 194-198; Novak 6:1-19; 6:37
CD: "The Resurrection"
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Wed., Nov. 11 Christianity: Distinctive Teaching
Reading:
Young 198-200; Novak 6:36
CD: "Baptism", "Eucharist", "Orthodox Easter"
Tues., Nov. 16 Christianity: Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant
Reading:
Young 200-205
CD: "Martin Luther King", "Mother Teresa", "The Living Cathedral"
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Thurs., Nov. 18 Christianity: Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, Pentecostals and Charismatics
Reading:
Young 205-215
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Tues., Nov. 23 Islam: History
Reading:
Young 216-221; Novak 7:13-15
CD: "Mecca", "The United States and Islam", "The Qur'an"
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Thurs., Nov. 25 Thanksgiving--No Class
Tues., Nov. 30 Islam: Distinctive Teaching
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Thurs., Dec. 2 Islam: Sunni and Shia
Reading:
Young 229-239; Novak 7:21-34; 7:35-37, 7:40
CD: "Night Journey", "Sufis"
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Tues., Dec. 7 Islam: Modern Issues
Reading:
Time: "The Women of Islam" 32-35 (Dec. 3, 2001, p. 50-53)
CD: "Women and Islam", "Muslim Resurgence in Tartarstan"
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