Kosch, Karen / Religion Sites

What is Religion? Why study Religion?

Let's use this for some clarification and definition.

http://www.studyreligion.org/what/index.html

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What is myth? PBS

An explanation of myth, PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/myths_what.html

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What do Americans know about Religion? (Pew Forum)

http://www.pewforum.org/U-S-Religious-Knowledge-Survey.aspx

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Einstein and Religion

http://einsteinandreligion.com/mysterious.html

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Ken Davis' Book - Don't Know Much About Mythology

Some of the text if available.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Tr3C-LrfL5kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ken+davis+don%27t+know+much+about+mythology&hl=en&ei=OmpRTbWBCtKUtwewvqCPCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Earthrise: The Article from The New York Times

The article, PDF file.

http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60D13FC3D5C11728DDDAC0994DC405B898BF1D3

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Lessons from Joseph Campbell

A summary of The Power of Myth

http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=171

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Myths, Dreams, Symbols

Campbell: Dreams, Myths, Symbols

http://www.mythsdreamssymbols.com/mythanddreams.html

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The Hero Is Us

A follow up to Earthrise.

http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/012502/012502g.htm

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Myth of Hero - Star Wars/The Matrix

http://www.moongadget.com/origins/myth.html

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Joseph Campbell and Star Wars

Read about the Myth of the Hero before we see the film.

http://www.spookybug.com/origins/myth.html

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Bible Belt/Judaism

This article appeared in September.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/24/jews.dothan/index.html

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Religion Facts/Hinduism

http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/index.htm

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Religion Facts/Judaism

http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/beliefs.htm

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Definition of Faith

What is faith?

http://skepdic.com/faith.html

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Skye's Blog

http://wonderedoutloud.wordpress.com/

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Jesus Camp, The Movie

Let's read a bit about the movie before we view it.

http://www.jesuscampthemovie.com/

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Religion in School Curriculum

How religion should be taught in public schools.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/april00/teaching_religion.html

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Michelangelo's Depiction of Creation

What does the fresco represent?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam

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Truth - Asolute?

Is truth absolute?

http://www.religioustolerance.org/abs_true.htm

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NY Times Article, Pentecostals

What are the particulars of this faith?

http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F0061FFE3B540C778DDDA80894DF404482

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Evangelical/Pentecostal

Let's use this to gain a better understanding of Pentecostal Christians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostalism

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Navigating the Bible

Let's see how this helps in interpreting the Bible.

http://bible.ort.org/

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For The Love of God, NY Times Editorial, Feb. 3, 06

This editorial gave me the idea of how to start this course!

http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F00E16FC3D5A0C708CDDAB0894DE404482

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Pope John Paul II, Faith and Reason, 1998

What did John Paul II say about faith and reason?

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_15101998_fides-et-ratio_en.html

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David Brooks,, NY Times, Cartoons and Clash of Civilizations

This seemed to make sense at the time, still does, I think!

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/opinion/09brooks.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fDavid%20Brooks

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