In class today, we started off by praying the Padre Nuestro (Our Father) lead by Chris. The opening topic for class was Tourists vs. Pilgrims. We said that Pilgrims travel to somewhere to gain insight about themselves and they use all of their sense to heighten the experience. Tourists however travel to learn more about whats on the outside of the place they are going, not the deeper meanings. They take pictures and they do not immerse themselves in the experience. Tourists also buy souvenirs to show off once they get back home. With this topic the 5 groups in class created posters of what we think of when we picture a tourist and a pilgrim.
Towards the latter half of class, we reviewed the Dunne article which we read for homework. We discussed how you must pass over and come back: you immerse yourself in different religions, you learn and experience with them, and then you go back to your own religion with increased knowledge. We watched two videos regarding Ghandi with these two quotes: 1. "I want to change their minds, not kill them for evils we all possess." 2. "I'm a Hindu, I'm a Christian, I'm a Jew, I'm a Muslim. Ghandi also found that light always penetrates darkness. There are two things he knows for sure: the law of truth and the law of love. Even if people are ignorant of these laws, they still exist.
Aug. 27, 2010
Today in class, the main idea was how religions came to existence, hence the opening question: "Are religions created, discovered, revealed, or none of the above?" With this question we had a four corners discussion, in which each corner of the class room representing one of the answers listed above. Most students in Period Blue 2 either thought that religions were revealed or discovered.
A prayer called the "Prayer of Our Lady of Good Counsel" was presented by Rachel Henry. A video called "World on Fire" by Sarach McLachlan was also presented. The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0O2LMqnHGg . The video was to represent how easily we take things for granted, and how unimportant things that money is spent on can be spent to better the lives of millions of people around the world.
We discussed the article "A Synopsis of Eliade's The Sacred and the Profane." We were asked to look for words in the text that we didn't know the meaning of and that would help us understand the article more. Some of the words that this group thought should be defined:
- heirophany: breakthrough of the sacred into human experience
- homo relisiosus: the being par excellence prepared to appreciate such as a break through.
- The Sacred: which is a transcendent referent such as the gods, God, or Nirvana.
- cosmogony: creation of the universe
-soteriology: study of salvation
- theophany: appearance of God
-ontology: study of God creating world
A prayer called the "Prayer of Our Lady of Good Counsel" was presented by Rachel Henry. A video called "World on Fire" by Sarach McLachlan was also presented. The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0O2LMqnHGg . The video was to represent how easily we take things for granted, and how unimportant things that money is spent on can be spent to better the lives of millions of people around the world.
We discussed the article "A Synopsis of Eliade's The Sacred and the Profane." We were asked to look for words in the text that we didn't know the meaning of and that would help us understand the article more. Some of the words that this group thought should be defined:
- heirophany: breakthrough of the sacred into human experience
- homo relisiosus: the being par excellence prepared to appreciate such as a break through.
- The Sacred: which is a transcendent referent such as the gods, God, or Nirvana.
- cosmogony: creation of the universe
-soteriology: study of salvation
- theophany: appearance of God
-ontology: study of God creating world
Aug. 25, 2010
Today in class we started off by reading an article title Earth Village. In that article the class was somewhat surprised at how the United States for the most part is a minority to the rest of the world.
We then talked about what religion really is. Our definition of religion was: An institution that helps determine how you act and how you live your life, solely because you believe in it. We wrote our definitions on the white board and Mrs. Egan showed us how we mistake what religion is. A powerpoint was given to us answering that question.
After the religion topic was through, we got into small groups in alphabetical order. These groups, as we were told, are for this circumlectio project and our quarter projects. For this groups quarter project we are studying religions in Australia.
We finished off class with a R.A.F.T. Role, Audience, Format, Topic. With the topic being 'What is Religion'.
We then talked about what religion really is. Our definition of religion was: An institution that helps determine how you act and how you live your life, solely because you believe in it. We wrote our definitions on the white board and Mrs. Egan showed us how we mistake what religion is. A powerpoint was given to us answering that question.
After the religion topic was through, we got into small groups in alphabetical order. These groups, as we were told, are for this circumlectio project and our quarter projects. For this groups quarter project we are studying religions in Australia.
We finished off class with a R.A.F.T. Role, Audience, Format, Topic. With the topic being 'What is Religion'.
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