Judaism rituals and worship
If you choose Worship and Ritual, respond to one of the following questions based on your reading in the chapter. No outside research is required. Be sure to cite the page numbers for ideas you pull from the chapter in the essay. You can use an informal citation system, like (Ethics chapter, p. 185). If you do choose to do further research, be sure to use library resources only and not general websites. Citation format for Religious Studies is usually the Chicago Manual of Style. Your paper should have a clear thesis statement in the introduction. The body of the paper should consist of evidence brought from the chapter to support your thesis. Question 1: Monotheistic religions have developed alongside each other for hundreds of years. How have rituals and devotional practices of Jews, Christians, and Muslims influenced one another? To what extent is Christianity indebted to Judaism? Has Christianity in turn influenced Judaism? How are certain aspects of Islamic ritual related to Judaism and Christianity? Question 2: Worship sometimes takes places in public; at other times it is conducted in private. Identify public and private aspects of worship for all three traditions. In what ways is private worship similar across all three traditions? What are some similarities in terms of public worship? What are some differences? If you choose the Ethics chapter, respond to one of the following questions based on your reading in the chapter. No outside research is required. Be sure to cite the page numbers for ideas you pull from the chapter in the essay. You can use an informal citation system, like (Ethics chapter, p. 185). If you do choose to do further research, be sure to use library resources only and not general websites. Citation format for Religious Studies is usually the Chicago Manual of Style. Your paper should have a clear thesis statement in the introduction. The body of the paper should consist of evidence brought from the chapter to support your thesis. Question 3: Ethics map relations between a person and God, a person and nature, and a person and other persons. How is this visible in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? Are there differences in the manner in which ethics in these three traditions set forth understandings about these relationships? What similarities do you detect in the three ethical systems? What are common themes? Do these traditions view the role of ethics in a similar manner? Do they articulate the ethical ″problem″ in the same way? Question 4: Ethics is about more than doing good deeds; one also needs to avoid or overcome sin and evil. Compare the similarities and differences in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam′s understanding of evil and sin. Where does it come from? How do people avoid it in the first place? And if they have fallen into sin, how can people turn back to doing good? Essays should be approximately 2000 words (approx. 8 pages double spaced). You are expected to write in academic style consisting of an introductory paragraph that includes a thesis statement and the argument of the essay (in other words, restating and answer the essay question), a middle section that goes into depth and cites evidence from the chapter (with citations of page numbers) to prove your points, and a conclusion that restates and summarizes some of the main ideas and perhaps points forward toward bigger ideas.