For Friday 9/7 and Monday 9/10
by admin - September 5th, 2012
1. Read the syllabus
2. Reading for Friday: Hemeyer, “Studying and Describing Religion” (10-page PDF) + Eck, Ch 1
3. For Monday, explore the Unit 1 documents and prepare enough that you can discuss them in class
4. Due on Monday: Personal Statement (4-page paper)
Here are the links for the sites to subscribe to. While logged into your campus Gmail account, go to “Reader” (usually under “More” in the menu across the top). In a separate tab, navigate to one of the sites you want to subscribe to, and copy its web address. Back in Google Reader, click the red “Subscribe” button and paste the web address in and hit enter. That newsfeed will now show up in your list of subscriptions. Subscriptions with new content appear in BOLD print. You can also (conveniently) subscribe to THIS site by clicking on the orange “RSS” symbol at the top of the sidebar and choosing Google Reader subscription.
Religion in American History http://usreligion.blogspot.com/
And at least TWO of the following blogs:
- Get Religion http://www.getreligion.org/
- CNN Belief Blog http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/
- USA TODAY Faith & Reason http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/
- Washington Post On Faith Blog http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith
- Huffington Post Religion http://www.huffingtonpost.com/religion/
- Religion Dispatches http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/
- Religion News Service http://www.religionnews.com/blogs
For an overview of how to use Google Reader, see this instructional video.
This news and these groups move really fast – you’ll want to check in often. Also, if you’re on Twitter, I’ve created a public list with some of the above blogs & bloggers who tweet (plus other relevant feeds), which you can follow here:
