WORK TO BE DONE BY OCTOBER 2nd

1. Carefully read pages 123-143 in your Hopfe textbook.
   

2. After learning about Mohandas Gandhi, in what ways do you think he practiced Hinduism? What parts of Hinduism did he emphasize? What parts seemed less important to him? Would he consider himself a good Hindu? Would you agree with his self-assessment? Based on both the material in your textbook and the film we saw in class, reflect on these questions and then answer them in a well-developed essay for one of your blog posts this week.
   

3. During the week, write at least one more post on a religion topic of your choosing. This could be comments on the assigned reading or from the introductory class material; a link to an interesting and relevant webpage, video, book review, or article (along with an explanation of why you’ve chosen it); questions that you might have for me or other students in the class; a description of a conversation or experience you have that’s connected with the course content; suggestions for further reading or thinking; etc
   

4. If you have not already done so, you should read your classmates’ blog entries for this past week and write responses to at least three of the entries, posting them as comments directly below the entry upon which you’re commenting. You can access classmates’ blogs by clicking on the individual blogs listed on the right hand side of this classblog. N.B.: Many of you are not yet doing this part of the weekly assignment or are not following the criteria for adequate responses spelled out in the ‘blog response’ section of your course syllabus.
   

5. You should email me the religion that you will be doing your field research project on by October 2^nd. This should include not only the general religion but the place where you will attend worship and the name of the clergyperson you will be interviewing for the project.