RELI 448N Week 1 Assignment: Perspectives Essay

RELI 448N Week 1 Assignment: Perspectives Essay • Submitting a file upload Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Cha pter 1 • Lesson • Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (1 for the etic view, and 1 for the emic view. Your source for the emic view should come from someone who writes with authority in the religion you chose. For example, if you chose Buddhism, you could use a quotation from His Holiness, Dalai Lama XIV). Instructions Make sure to read the lesson this week to learn about etic and emic perspectives so that you can appropriately apply them in this assignment. In an essay, apply the etic and emic perspectives to your own religion or a religion with which you have some familiarity. • How would your tradition be described etically? Remember that this is an outsider’s perspective of what can be measured, studied, or observed. • How would it be described emically? Remember that this is an insider’s perspective as seen by practitioners Make sure that you are using at least one source for each approach and include citations from the assigned readings and additional scholarly sources. Click on the following link to view an example: Link: Shinto Example Writing Requirements (APA format) • Length: 350-500 words (not including title page or references page) • 1-inch margins • Double spaced • 12-point Times New Roman font • Title page • References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source) Grading This activity will be graded based on the Written Assignment Grading Rubric. Weekly Objectives (WO) WO1.3, 2.2 Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday Rubric Written Assignment Grading Rubric - 25 pts Written Assignment Grading Rubric - 25 pts Criteria Ratings This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLength 5.0 pts Outstanding Meets length requirement 0.0 pts No Effort Does not meet length requirement Submission View Rubric Evaluation Comments: Iris, I recommend you view my resources on etic and emic to get this right. Also, my reflections video goes over these issues in great detail. Good job on the sources. /g