- Course name
- UCOR 143 Global and Cultural Perspectives
- Institution
- Duquesne University
- Instructor
- Ellen Cavanaugh, Ph.D.
- Subject
- World Religions
- Course dates
- 2015-01-14 – 2015-05-05
- Approximate number of student editors
- 27
In this course we will undertake an odyssey of discovery of Global and Cultural Perspectives through the study of some of the world's great religions which are thought to be particularly representative of humanity's religious experience. We will learn to use the tools of scholarship to analyze the role spirituality, religion, and theology have in shaping personal, communal and global life. In particular, how Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic faiths and values enrich human life, empower wise, creative and responsible leadership in the service of others, and help fashion a more just world. Attention will be given to important sources, methods of analysis, and the interplay between expressed religious belief, theological claims, and moral action.
Students are to access a contemporary (within the last three years) theological article on a contemporary issue from the east or middle east from a peer reviewed journal from the ATLA or Proquest Database. The student will integrate scholarly insights into a Wikipedia article with at least a four sentence edit and correctly formatted citation. Help is available on request and examples will be addressed in the classroom. The as-signment is worth 20% toward the student's final grade.
Copyedit Wikipedia
edit- Assignment
- Choose one article, identify ways in which you can improve and correct its language and grammar, and make the appropriate changes. (You do not need to alter the article's content.)