Study guide for Final Exam Questions - Exploring World Religions | HRS 140, Exams of Religious Studies

Download Study guide for Final Exam Questions - Exploring World Religions | HRS 140 and more Exams Religious Studies in PDF only on Docsity! HRS 140 Final Exam Study Guide for Questions in Part II NOTE: phrases in brackets below should be replaced with names of particular characters or religious traditions in order to apply questions to a specific sources. (a) Re: Unseen Powers & Forces What kind of unseen powers & forces are assumed to exist by [the various religious adherents described in the assigned sources]; and to what extent do these powers & forces fit with your generic description of religious vs. quasi- religious unseen realities? (b) Re: Trust-Building Process In what ways do [religious adherents described in the assigned narratives] deal with events that challenge their sense of religious trust; in what way(s) does your own description of religious trust-building explain their responses? To what extent do the religious ideas, practices, &/or social institutions important to [adherents of a particular religious tradition], as discussed in assigned essays, suggest stages in the trust-building process undergone by [religious adherents of that tradition]; and in what ways do those stages correspond to what you describe in your preparatory statement? (c) Re: Health vs. Dysfunctional Religious Life . Note healthy vs. dysfunctional aspects of the religious lives & activities described in the assigned narratives, based on your own preparatory statement about this. Use your own preparatory statement to comment on the extent to which ideas, practices, &/or social institutions discussed neutrally in the assigned essays might be approached in either healthy or dysfunctional ways.