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| TO THE STUDENT Welcome to a Community of Skilled Observers
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| TO THE TEACHER: Welcome to Learning Religion through Writing
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| PART 1
| Reading & Writing for Introductory Religion Courses
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| Read & Write to Understand Religious Experience
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| 1.1
| The Benefits of Effective Reading
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| Read & Write: Read News Articles as a Religion Scholar
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| 1.2
| Reading Ritual and Narrative
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| Read & Write:
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| 1.3
| Reading Mystical Experience and The Sacred
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| Read & Write: Explain the Popularity of Juan Soldado
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| 1.4
| Reading Social Cohesion and Ethics
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| Read & Write: Explain How New Religious Moments Achieve Cohesion
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| 1.5
| Reading Doctrine
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| Read & Write: Compare Luther and Calvin on the Separation of Church and State
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| Read & Write Effectively
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| 2.1
| Get into the Flow of Writing
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| Read & Write: Explain or Persuade?
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| 2.2
| Think Creatively
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| Read & Write: Freewriting
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| 2.3
| Organize Your Writing
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| Read & Write: Write a Paper Outline
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| 2.4
| Draft, Revise, Edit, and Proofread
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| Read & Write: Discover Your Own Style
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| Practice the Craft of Scholarship
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| 3.1
| The Competent Writer
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| Read & Write: Correct a Sentence Fragment
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| 3.2
| Avoid Errors in Grammar and Use Punctuation Correctly
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| Read & Write: Proofread for the Pope
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| 3.3
| Format Your Paper Professionally
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| Read & Write: Explain the Data in this Table
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| 3.4
| Cite Your Sources Properly in AAR Style
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| Read & Write: Create a Scholarly Bibliography
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| 3.5
| Avoid Plagiarism
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| Read & Write: Properly Summarize an Article from Sojourners magazine
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| Become Familiar with Quality Information Sources
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| 4.1
| Welcome to the American Academy of Religion (AAR)
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| Read & Write: Write an Email to an AAR Section Chair
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| 4.2
| How to Locate Dissertations
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| Read & Write: Collect Six Dissertation Abstracts on a Topic of Interest
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| 4.3
| How to Locate Information from Religious Institutions
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| Read & Write: Collect Six Treatments of a Topic of Interest
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| 4.4
| Welcome to the Library of Congress
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| Read & Write: List a Dozen Interesting Religion Sources in the Library of Congress
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| 4.5
| How to Participate in the International Study of Religion
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| Read & Write: Report the Results of Studies on a Current Topic in World Religions
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| Introduction to Skilled Observations
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| 5.1
| Women and Religion
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| Read & Write: Interview Fellow Students
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| 5.2
| Race, Ethnicity and Religion
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| Read & Write: Conduct a Focus Group on a Topic of Interest
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| PART 2
| Become a Scholar of Religion
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| Read and Write Professionally and Critically
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| 6.1
| Scholarly Articles in Religion
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| Read & Write: Evaluate a Recent Article from a Religion Journal
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| 6.2
| Case Studies
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| Read & Write: Write a Case Study of a Currently Fast Growing Denomination or Sect
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| 6.3
| Comparative Belief Analysis
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| Read & Write: Comparative Beliefs of Two Sects or Denominations on a Topic of Interest
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| 6.4
| Academic Article Critiques
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| Read & Write: Critique a Recent Article from a Religion Journal
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| 6.5
| Book Reviews
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| Read & Write: Review a New Religion Book
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| 6.6
| Literature Reviews
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| Read & Write: Write a Religion Literature Review
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| Preliminary Scholarship: Research Effectively
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| 7.1
| Institute an Effective Research Process
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| Read & Write: Write a Research Proposal
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| 7.2
| Evaluate the Quality of Online and Printed Information
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| Read & Write: Write a Bibliography with a Dozen High Quality Sources
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| PART 3
| Practice Religion Scholarship in Advanced Courses
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| Study the History of Religion
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| 8.1
| Study the Origins of Religion
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| 8.1
| Study the History of Religion
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| Practice Scholarship Through Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion
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| 9.1
| Phenomenology
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| 9.2
| Sociology of Religion
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| 9.3
| Anthropology of Religion
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| 9.4
| Psychology of Religion
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| 9.5
| Neurology of Religion
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| 9.6
| Women and Religion
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| 9.7
| Politics and Religion
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| 9.8
| Postmodern Approaches to Religion
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| Glossary
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| Index
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