Reminder: no class this week.

Be sure your assignment is well-prepared for 9/8.  In addition, take a look at the entry just below, and visit the link to the "Science Guy" article in the Chronicle.  I made a comment--can you find it?

Humans have always sought "the farther shore"

See the evidence here:  When we eat meals after funerals we're carrying on 12,000 years of tradition.

Welcome! Class #1, 8/25/10

**Agenda for Tonight:

1. Welcome/General Orientation/Roster Check.
2. Textbook and materials.
3. Course overview, syllabus and calendar.
4. Finding Things.
5. Philosophy applied to the study of religions.
1. What is religion?
1. Kaufmann quotes.
2. What is religion FOR?
1. Tolkein handout.
6. Survey the world's religions by size, region and age.
7. Handouts and assignment for 8/30.
8. Complete info sheet and survey.

**Basic Resources:

------->The text for this class:

• Many Peoples, Many Faiths:  Women and Men in the World Religions
• Robert S. Ellwood and Barbara A McGraw
• Ninth Edition, 2009
• Pearson/Prentice Hall.
• ISBN-13:  978-0-136-01761-5

------->Syllabus/Course Description.

------->Semester Calendar.

**Next Week:  September 1, No Class.  (Instructor has a contractual conflict.)

**For September 8: 
------->Read:  Text, Chapter 1--"Understanding the World's Religious Heritage"
------->Do:  Chapter 1 Packet--Handout.  If you lose it, it's here.