World Religions
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Empathizing (Religion in the Modern World)
This article provides several suggestions of ways to help students reflect on their experiences with people from different forms of religion in the modern world.
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Empathizing (Islam)
This handout provides several suggestions to help students draw connections between Islam and Christianity.
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Empathizing (Christianity)
This handout provides several suggestions to help students draw connections between the various denominations of Christianity.
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Empathizing (Judaism)
This handout provides several suggestions to help students draw connections between Christianity and Judaism.
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Empathizing (The Ancestors of the West)
This handout provides several suggestions to help students draw connections between Christianity and polytheistic religions of the West.
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Empathizing (Shinto)
This article provides several possible ideas of ways to help students see, experience, and better understand the Shinto religion.
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Empathizing (Zen Buddhism)
This short article provides questions, reflections, and suggestions to help students empathize with Zen Buddhism.
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Empathizing (Taoism)
This short article provides questions, reflections, and suggestions to help students empathize with Taoism.
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Empathizing (Buddhism)
This short handout provides questions, reflections, and suggestions to help students empathize with Buddhism.
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Comparing and Contrasting Religion in the Modern World with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and religion in the modern world.
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Comparing and Contrasting Islam with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Islam and Christianity
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Comparing and Contrasting Forms of Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in different forms of Christianity.
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Comparing and Contrasting Judaism with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and Judaism.
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Comparing and Contrasting the Ancestors of the West with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and the Ancestors of the West.
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Comparing and Contrasting Shinto with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and Shinto.
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Comparing and Contrasting Zen Buddhism with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and Zen Buddhism.
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Comparing and Contrasting Taoism with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and Taoism.
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Comparing and Contrasting Confucianism with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and Confucianism.
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Comparing and Contrasting Sikhism with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and Sikhism.
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Comparing and Contrasting Jainism with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and Jainism.
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Comparing and Contrasting Buddhism with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts several key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and Buddhism.
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Comparing and Contrasting Hinduism with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts the key ideas and beliefs in Christianity and Hinduism.
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Comparing and Contrasting Indigenous Religions Traditions with Christianity
This short handout compares and contrasts the ideas of god, an ultimate reality, and history between indigenous religious traditions and Christianity.
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Worldviews: Religions and Their Relatives
This article explores two examples of modern worldviews and how they different from traditional religions.
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An Interreligious Interview
This handout offers guidelines for setting up an interview with a person from a different religion.
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The Ninety-Nine Names of God
This handout lists the ninety-nine Islamic names for God and poses several questions regarding the list.
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"In the Beginning Was the Word"
After presenting John 1:1-18 from the Christian Bible, this handout challenges to students to identify key parts that describe the doctrine of the incarnation.
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Images of Jesus
This handout provides many different images and descriptions of Jesus for students to examine and relate to.
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A Zoroastrian Symbol
This handout presents a Zoroastrian Symbol of faith and explains its elements. Students are then challenged to create their own symbol to represent their personal understanding of faith and human nature.
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The Sikh Khalsa
The information on this handout provides further insight into the nature of the Sikh Khalsa
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The Ten Gurus of Sikhism
This list of the ten Gurus of Sikhism briefly summarizes the key contributions of each Guru.
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The Biographies of the Tirthankaras
A list of patterns and themes found in the biographies of the Tirthankaras
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Monks
This handout is to be used as students rotate to various stations. At this station, students examine a picture depicting monks in Thailand.
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Objects Used in Tibetan Rituals
This handout is to be used as students rotate to various stations. At this station, students examine objects used in Tibetan rituals.
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Right Meditation
This handout provides a space for students to write impressions, observations, or questions that arise as they meditate on a statue of Buddha.
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Buddhist and Judeo-Christian Understandings of God
This article compares and contrasts the Buddhist and Judeo-Christian understanding of God.
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What Harm Is in Our Sun Dance?
This short article provides the point of view of a Blackfoot Indian about the illegalization of the Sun Dance.
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Dialogue with Others
Excerpts from the address of Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at the John Paul II center in Washington D.C.
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Christian Unity and Ecumenical Dialogue
This article is from the Living in Christ Series. It is about the relationship between the Catholic Church and other Christian denominations, and uses Church documents and scripture to discuss this relationship.
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Catholicism and World Religions
This article is from the Living in Christ Series. It discusses the relationship between the Catholic Church and other world religions through various Church documents.
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The Story of Noah and Other Flood Narratives
This article discusses the similarities and differences between the Biblical flood story and that of other ancient Middle Eastern traditions. It also compares the Biblical account between the Yahwist and Priestly sources.
