Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Class #9, 10/26/11

**Roster, etc.

**Due tonight:  Packet and reading for chapter 7, Judaism.

**Presentation on Judaism:



**Due next week:  11/2/11--
------>Read Chapter 8, Christianity.
------>Packet will be due 11/16.  Here's the packet link. There is no class on 11/9.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Class #8, 10/19/11

**Roster, etc.

**Due this week:  Chapter 5, "Dragon and Sun," and Chapter 5 Packet.

**Presentations:  Confucianism--




**Presentations:  Taoism--


**For next class, 10/26/11:  Chapter 7, Judaism:  Covenant, God and History.
------>Read the chapter and complete the packet, which is here.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Class #7, 10/12/11

**Roster, etc.

**Due tonight:  completed packet on Buddhism.

**Conclude presentation on Buddhism's doctrine.

**As time permits, examine the "Heart Sutra".

**For next week, 10/19:  Read Chapter 5:  "The Dragon and The Sun."
------>Complete the Packet for Chapter 5.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Class #6, 10/5/11

**Roster, etc.

**Due tonight:  Read Chapter 4, "Buddhism--The Farther Shore."

------>The Chapter 4 packet will be due next week, 10/12/11; here is the link .

**Presentation on Buddhism:



**For next week, 10/12/11:  Complete the packet on Buddhism.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Class #5, 9/28/11

**Rosters, etc.

**Due tonight:  Chapter 3 Packet.  If you've lost track of it, click here.

**Finish with presentation on Hinduism.  See previous class agenda.

**For further discussion, here's a further presentation on Indian history assembled by a native of India.

**For next week, 10/5/11:  Read Chapter 4, Buddhism--The Farther Shore.

------>The Chapter 4 packet will be due the following week, 10/12/11, but here is the link if you wish to get started.

Friday, September 23, 2011

New research on the primal humans

This research using DNA prompts revision of the "dispersion theories" about the global migrations of early human beings.  Here's the link.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Class #4, 9/21/11

**Roster, etc.

**Due tonight:  Reading Chapter 3, Hinduism.

**A little more background:  The History of Religion--short version.

**Music

**Presentation:


**For next class, 9/28:  Completed Hinduism packet--see last week's post for link.
----->AND, feel free to begin reading Chapter 4:  Buddhism:  The Farther Shore.