World Religions Term Paper

Term Paper Instructions
1500 Words
Block Quotes do not count toward your word count.
Works cited page does not count toward your word count.
MLA Formatting, including in text citations and a works cited page. See here for a reference guide: Purdue Online Writing Lab MLA Format
Avoid Plagiarism by citing often and citing any information that your grandmother would not know (anything not common knowledge).
***PLEASE NOTE I AM CHRISTIAN AND THEREFORE CHRISTIANITY CANNOT BE A CHOSEN TOPIC***
DETAILS:
Religion Field Experience Report
1500 words, MLA format.
Needs to include a works cited page.
Must have at least three sources.
Your job is to try and gain some field experience with another religion. You cannot choose Christianity if you are already Christian (for example, you cant just choose to contact a Baptist church if you are Methodist and say youre doing something significantly different.)
Ideally, you will live in a place where you can contact a temple, mosque, etc. of a different religion and request to do an interview, or attend a worship or other gathering as a respectful observer. Then you report on your experiences in your field report. Youll want to identify parts of the experience using different resources to verify that what you experienced was part of that religion and what it was. If an interview or something someone said, you will want to verify that is a main part of the religion, or whether that is their interpretation.
Observe a service or ritual: Ideally you do this in person, but if you cannot find a place to go near you you can either contact me (I know places you could inquire) or you can get on YouTube and find a service or ritual to observe virtually. Then you report on what you found and include material we learned in class in your observations. You’ll be able to see different aspects of what we learned in class as they apply to the service, ritual, etc. If visiting a temple you might also note the decorations, dress of the people there, etc. You are an observer and reporting your findings in the paper.
In any case, whatever religion you choose should not be the religion that you are a part of.

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