Week 17: Zoroastrianism (Finals week 1)

Week 17: Zoroastrianism (Finals week 1)

Thu 5.16 - Final exam meeting time: 11:00-12:00 p.m. (meet at TacoMania on the Paseo de San Antonio)    
Due: FRI 5.17- RESEARCH PROJECT (FINAL DRAFT—EMAIL BY 5 P.M.)*       

Upcoming:

Week 18: Indigenous Pacific Islander Religions (Finals week 2)
NO CLASS
Due: ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT (DUE TUE 5.21—SUBMIT VIA CANVAS BY 5 P.M.)*

*Note new extended dates

Spirituality News 5.9

• Unvaccinated teen, who sued on religious grounds after being banned from school, contracts chickenpox (HuffPost)
• Texas Republican lawmaker accuses top vaccine expert of "sorcery" (TheHill)
• Cracks appear in Trump's Evangelical base (Salon)
• Dearborn, Mchigan employee fired after online anti-Muslim slur (Detroit Free-Press)
• Influential progressive Evangelical blogger dies (Vox)

Week 16: Rastafarianism

Week 16: Rastafarianism

Tue 5.7/Thu 5.9*             

Class: Multimedia presentations; Writers workshop; Course review

Due: REFLECTIONS 5 & 6 (TUESDAY); RESEARCH PROJECT (FINAL DRAFT—EMAIL BY 5 P.M.)

*Final class meeting of the semester

Upcoming:
Week 17: Zoroastrianism (Finals week 1)

Thu 5.16 - Final exam meeting time: 11:00-12:00 p.m. (meet at TacoMania on the Paseo de San Antonio)              

Class: ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT (SUBMIT VIA CANVAS BY 5 P.M.)

Week 18: Indigenous Pacific Islander Religions (Finals week 2)
NO CLASS

Spirituality News 5.1

• Teenager who opened fire on a San Diego synagogue, killing one, appears in court (NBC News)
• Conservative Catholic clergy rebel against Pope Francis (The Hill)
• Four hundred years ago: When the first Muslim immigrants came to America (HuffPost)
• Fifty years ago a screen-door Jesus caused a fervor (Beaumont Enterprise)
• Evangelical coalition criticizes the US' current immigration policy (Newsweek)