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Q.1. What are some of the models of authority drawn from scripture that are important to each of the religious traditions? What are the similarities and differences among those models? How has the religious authority administer religious laws in each traditions.
Q.2. Much worship is organized as ritual, as the practice of officially set exercises. What is the relation of ritual to worship in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? In what ways is worship ritually structured in each of the three traditions? To what extent is it left relatively unstructured?
Q.3. Jews, Christians, and Muslims have developed and adapted rituals over the course of time. Outline some of the ways in which this has happened in each tradition. How has modernity affected worship and ritual in these traditions? What themes of change are common in the development of rituals in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Q.4. Religions articulate and enforce ethics in various ways. How are ethics enforced in each tradition? Why do persons act ethically? What have they gained or lost? How are church officials involved in the articulation and implementation of ethics?
Q.5. Ethics and law are closely related. How is the relationship conceived in each tradition? Are there similarities among the three traditions? What are the differences?