Category: Religion and theology

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your understanding of the unified and coherent nature of the Bible by explaining the overarching narrative of Scripture. Understanding the big story of the Bible or what some call the biblical metanarrative is foundational to ones understanding of theology. One way to view Scripture is through the four major plot movements of Creation, Fall, Redemption, and New Creation. In this essay, you will explain the four major plot movements of the biblical metanarrative, and you will show how the biblical metanarrative fosters a biblical worldview. Instructions After viewing the presentations Understanding the Metanarrative and What is a Worldview? and completing your textbook readings, you will write your essay. For this assignment, you must write a 7501,000-word essay. Please see the specific assignment requirements listed below. 1. Write a clear introductory paragraph including a thesis statement. A summative concluding paragraph must also be included. 2. Discuss the major movements of the biblical metanarrative (Creation, Fall, Redemption, and New Creation). Each of these major plot movements should be explained in a separate paragraph. There should be a minimum of 1 passage of Scripture included for each of the major plot movements. When defining and describing the biblical metanarrative, you should incorporate at least 2 theological references from the course materials. 3. Discuss how an understanding of the biblical metanarrative fosters a biblical worldview. This should be a separate paragraph from the biblical metanarrative paragraphs. In this section, seek to show how an understanding of the biblical metanarrative helps a person answer the five worldview questions. These are the questions of origin, identity, meaning, morality, and destiny. Below is a quick overview of the five worldview questions. a. Origin How did life begin in the first place? Where did I come from? b. Identity What does it mean to be a human? Am I more important than animals? c. Meaning Why are we here? Why am I here? d. Morality What is meant by right and wrong? How should I live? e. Destiny Is there life after death? What will happen to me when I die? 4. Incorporate at least 2 theological references in your paper using course resources. A lack of theological references will result in a loss of points. Please see the grading rubric for more information. 5. Incorporate at least 4 relevant biblical references. 6. Refer to the “Course Policies” in the course syllabus for the formatting expectations in this course. Use the provided Biblical Metanarrative Essay Template as a guide.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY TO THE ENTIRE INSTRUCTIONS. DO NOT SKIM THE INSTRUCTIONS TO GET THE GENERAL IDEA. PLEASE.

Comparing Creations Guidelines

In this writing assignment, you will choose and compare two creation narratives that

were assigned in class.

What to choose?

To start, choose one creation narrative of those assigned for class that you found the

most interesting. For the second creation narrative, try to pick one you feel you can

compare and contrast with the first. There are no further restrictions.

The available narratives to choose from include: The Memphite Theology, Pyramid

Text 571, Coffin Text 76, Enuma Elish, Atrahasis, Against Toothache, The Lovely Gods,

The Song of Kumarbi, Genesis 1:12:4a, Genesis 2:4b4:16, Genesis 6:99:17, Psalm

104, and Job 38:141:34.

What to consider?

1. When choosing your narratives, make sure you choose two that you feel you

can read, research, and write about! Pick ones that are interesting to you.

2. Be conscious of the contexts of the narratives you chose and be ready to

research and write about them.

3. However, you dont need to do extensive research on both narratives (people

have written entire books on, for example, the Enuma Elish or the creations in

Genesis), but be familiar with their origins, the geographical and temporal

contexts of usage, and other details that will allow you to discuss the function

of the texts in your comparison.

4. Review JZ Smiths The End of Comparison: Redescription and Rectification

in preparation for this essay. Unless you are specifically engaging with Smiths

discussion of comparison for whatever reason, you should not quote or cite his

idea of the process of comparison.

5. If you do not include the description and comparison of two texts from the list

above, 20 points will be deducted from the overall grade for this assignment.

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What to write?

In this, you should consider and utilize the method of comparison suggested by

Jonathan Z. Smith in The End of Comparison: Redescription and Rectification,

which involves a thick description of the narratives and a contextualization of the

particular texts. You will need to do some background research on the narratives you

have chosen and discuss those contexts and the potential function of the narratives.

Go beyond secondary texts assigned for class readings; I suggest that you use the

Reading List document as a starting point.

In your comparison, be specific. How is creation envisioned in the narrative (physical?

procreative? out of nothing?)? What are the natures and roles of the things created?

Who are the main players? What are their roles and relationships? This is not an

exhaustive list, but a starting point to come up with other questions.

Discuss the similarities and differences between the narratives. Highlight whether you

are looking at two narratives from the same culture or from different cultures, their

time periods, and the implications of that relationship.

What is the format?

This paper must be at least 3 pages (750 words) in length. Make sure to include page numbers. As this is a formal paper,

avoid using I statements and keep in mind your grammar and syntax.

Ensure everything is properly cited using either the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th

edition. This includes both in-text/footnote citations (with

page numbers for both quotations and paraphrasing) and a separate section at the end

with a Bibliography (this does not count towards the page or word

limit). Any usage of Generative AI MUST be mentioned in a disclaimer about how and

why you used it at the end of your Bibliography.

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The reading response must be based on the assigned reading only. Properly cite the book you are referencing. As far as the content, I am not looking for a regurgitation of the reading. You can give a brief summary, but I am more interested in the things that caught your interest, & anything that might help you in understanding / forming your worldview. Please choose one topic that stood out to you, tell me why it interested you, and what you think about it. 3 Pages to be exact

Any topic from the Book- The Pursuit of God A.W Tozer

Assignment 1: Interrogating Religion Through Psychology: Freud, Jung, and Contemporary Perspectives

Length: 3 – 5 pages

Texts: Primary Sources: Freud, The Future of an Illusion; Jung, Religion and Psychology, include Secondary Sources Stevens and Rizzuto to deepen your analysis.

Do not simply summarize Freud or Jung. Focus on analyzing: compare and contrast their theories, evaluate their assumptions, explain their implications, and apply them to contemporary or personal examples.

For example, ask yourself:

• How do these theories explain why we (humans) create religious meaning?
• Where do Freud and Jung align or diverge in understanding belief?
• What are the strengths or limits of their explanations? Instructions:

Introduction with thesis statement: consider: what are you arguing and how will you prove this?

1. Freud: Key theory: religion as illusion, wish-fulfillment, dependence

2. Jung: Key theory: religion as symbolic function, individuation, numinous experience

Include secondary sources to enhance your argument

Include a personal reflection on theorists core values (consider something in your own life that reflects your theorists main ideas)

Conclusion

Citations: 47 from course readings, must include page numbers in your citations

Use your own voice (no need for academic jargon however you will use key terms and formal citations)

Formatting: See details in syllabus: include 3-5 pages, double-spaced, 12-pt Times New Roman, 4 – 7 Chicago style citations, page numbers etc.

The discussion posts are NOT summaries of the readings but understandings and/or questions of the readings.

Write a 300 word weekly written responses to the readings and two to three sentence written response to a classmates response.

Your entry should include reflections/insights you may have on the reading(s), questions about the reading(s), and/or issues regarding the reading(s) and anything youd like to discuss in the class.

No citations needed: This is exactly what the professor told me: “For the reading response, you do not need to include footnotes or a bibliography. If you wish to include a quote (which is not necessary to complete this assignment), you can do an in-text citation. (Chicago Style) Also, if you are going to include footnotes and bibliography, be consistent”.

(There will be bunches of reading pdf but don’t hesitate since I just need one reading pdf as a main focus and a secondary reading pdf to back up the first one.)

This is the reading response guidelines from the professor: “While the question will be about one reading or a concept discussed, bring another assigned reading from the week into your response, and explain how it relates to the question. While the question will differ from week to week, generally the questions will focus on the rhetorical argument of the reading, the function of a primary text, or how the author is explicitly or implicitly understanding the concept of religion”.

Write and submit a 250 word response to the question posed below. Bring another assigned reading from the week into your response, and explain how it relates to the question.

Some of the narratives we are looking at this week come from contexts outside of that we think of when we think of creation stories, such as Against Toothache, which comes from a Mesopotamian magical/medical context, and the Coffin Texts, which were written on coffins beginning after the Old Kingdom in Egypt. Why might acts of creation be invoked in contexts of healing or in the burial of the dead? How might this kind of context affect how these creation narratives were read or understood in the ancient past?

* Submit Note Set 11 * Chodron, Learning to Stay, The Places That Scare You (Boston: Shambala, 2002), 23-30 * Chodron, Warrior Slogans, The Places That Scare You (Boston: Shambala, 2002), 31-36 Notes should be formatted to follow the modified Cornell Notetaking Method presented by Dr. Walsh. Notes should summarize the reading(s) or videos, make connections to other aspects of the course, raise questions, and analyze the new material. Include a reflection paragraph of at least 300 words. Use these notes to demonstrate that you have completed ALL of the readings or videos. In other words, do not select one small detail to address for the full length of the notes. If I cannot read the note set, it will not be awarded full credit. These notes must be submitted on Canvas by 12:30pm on the assigned day and will be graded on a full-, partial-, or no-credit basis. No late submissions accepted. If Canvas cannot open the file or if the incorrect file is uploaded, no credit will be awarded. No Pages files and no HEIC photo files accepted.

Since the earliest forms of spiritual expression, humans have sought to answer the

fundamental questions of life in an effort to understand the meaning of their

existence.

Critically analyse this statement with reference to the Trident model of religious

development, Australian Census data and Indigenous Spirituality.

In your response you should:

explain what is meant by fundamental questions of life

critically analyse the Trident model and current Australian census data to show

how spiritualities and religious traditions have developed over time and across

cultures

critically analyse how Australian Indigenous Spirituality responds to fundamental

questions, with particular reference to the Dreaming, connection to land and spiritual

experiences

Support your response with relevant concepts, terminology and examples from the unit.

Additionally, you will be provided with a stimulus sheet on the day that you must

incorporate throughout your response.

A Harvard bibliography must be completed for the task. This should be a list of the research and resources you have used to write the task.

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Please let me know if you have any questions about the assignment.

Instructions

This week’s readings gave you a good foundation for this assignment. In reading about Agency Theory, you likely saw a lot of application in today’s business models. Agency theory and the construct of steward leadership offer two very different views of effective organizational leadership.

• Watch the video: LDR 9610 Week Seven Lecture
• Review Toward a stewardship theory of management by Davis, Schoorman, and Donaldson.
• Review Stewardship theory or agency theory by Donaldson and Davis.
• Write a 5-page paper comparing Agency Theory to Stewardship Theory:
  • What is stewardship theory?
  • What is Agency Theory?
  • How are these two theories alike?
  • How are these two theories different?
• Include at least 2-3 scholarly resources in addition to materials from the class.
• A title page, abstract, running header, and references page (in APA format) are required with your submission. These do not count toward the total page count.