Student Final Projects

Students in my Intro to Religious Studies course turned in their final projects over the weekend. They created a visual essay that commented on a system of symbols (in the Clifford Geertz sense). They could focus on a single religious tradition, an event or place, or develop a comparison across religious traditions. As usual when I leave the assignment open like this, I was amazed at some of the projects. Conveniently some of these projects also can be re-posted by me. Here are some samples:

1. Consumer Culture and Religion

(You should flip through this manually since the time between the slides is 0.)

2. What Is a Church? Pilgrim UCC

3. The Lion of Judah

4. Student Interview

5. Sikh Faith

Those are just the projects that are self-contained on Slideshare.com or YouTube. A number of the Blog posts themselves are outstanding. I would recommend checking out the following:

Judaism in Israel

Celebrating the Passover

Religion and Self-Mutiliation

The Jains

Navajo - Culture and/or Religion

Amulets from the Philippines

Martyrs in Comparative Perspective

Life and Death

Dance and Religion

Religion, Culture, and Sacred Space - Martyn Smith go to Amazon.com You Tube Frame

 

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