Welcome! Class #1, 8/24/11

**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 Class #2, 9/7.
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.

------->Calendar.

**Next Week:  August 31, No Class. (Instructor has a contractual conflict.)

**For September 7:
------->Read: Text, Chapter 1--"Understanding the World's Religious Heritage"
------->Do: Chapter 1 Packet--Handout: it's here.