Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Going a Step Further
As the questions continue to arise, I determined that it was time to step out of the watching and wondering into the connections of webbing. I sent a survey of six questions to leaders in the Christian, Jewish, and Catholic faiths today. The questions were: 1. How has religion shaped who you are today; 2. What does a person's religion or philosophy have to do with lifestyle and actions; 3. Who are the religions leaders in your faith and what are their contributions; 4. What are the main tenents of your faith; 5. What role does prayer play in your religion; and 6. What role does faith play and how is faith defined in your religion. Some of these questions have been adapted from the thirteen/ed online MI unit on World Religions. Specifically, I see a huge alignment to social studies standards in both the middle and high school levels. I am excited to make these connections. In addition to the survey, I did some extensive online searching to find information on the largest world religions and basic beliefs of these religions. After several ask.com questions on largest world religions and role of faith in major religions; I was taken to www.everystudent.com and www.religioustolerance.com to find answers. I guess I was surprised to find that Islam is by far the largest religion with over 1.84 billion followers.
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Hello Shelly- I would be very interested to see what the different religious leaders say in response to your questions. I would imagine the Protestant and Catholic responses will be similiar, but the Jewish leader will be interesting. I think you should pose the same question to a Buddhist and a Muslim, or what if you changed the question a bit and posed it to an atheist, or agnostic? That would be interesting. Thanks for integrating the models of inquiry in your posts- I need to do more of that. take Care, Steve
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