Assignment 5: Judaism and Christianity.

You may use the discussion questions as the basis for your essay.

o You may also feel free to write about religions not covered in the course that are of interest such as Indigenous Religions (p. 39) Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Religions (p. 133), Jainism (p. 159), Sikhism (p. 303), or New Religious Movements (p. 330).

· It is expected that you draw upon the specific examples and themes from the religion(s) you’re assigned to study.

· Students must cite information from the book (e.g. page #). Failure to use the book will result in a failing grade.

o In addition, use of materials outside this course (websites, books other than the textbook, and any unauthorized source) may result in a grade deduction or possibly failure.

o Furthermore, students must answer the posed questions and think critically about the material. Failure to cite, use specific examples, and critical thinking will result in a failing grade.

Discussion

Read section on Judaism and answer one of the questions at the end or one of the following bonus questions. (Use textbook: A short introduction to world religions.)

Bonus Questions:

1. Describe some of the key differences between Judaism and Christianity.

2. What is the Jewish view of the afterlife and how does this differ from Christianity?

3. What connections can you draw between the Jewish Passover and Christian celebration of the Last Supper?

Submission Instructions:

· Turnitin similarity has to be less than 15%

· The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.

· The paper is to be 1-2 pages in length/500-600 words, current APA style, excluding the title and references page.

· Incorporate your textbook as a reference within your work.

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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.