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.