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Assignment:
For the midterm journal, students should find three news articles for Hinduism and two for Buddhism. For each entry, one should write an analysis of what these articles reveal about the beliefs, practices, traditions, controversies, and developments within the religion in question today. The journal entries should also demonstrate what the student has learned about the religion and how that knowledge can be applied to analyze the events described in the article. Some questions that might be considered:
How does the depiction of the religion in the article reflect things you have learned in the class? What new information about the religion is presented that goes beyond what we have studied? In what ways has the religion, based on the article, responded to or adapted to the modern, twenty-first century world? What does the article demonstrate about the internal diversity or complexity of the religion? Where do you personally stand on the political or ethical issues addressed in the article? What insights have you gained about the religion from reading about its contemporary expressions?
News articles about the five religions should be recent, and date no earlier than the last five years. They should be taken from reputable news sources -- newspapers and magazines -- and not from blogs, social media, and the like. Some recommendations for high quality news sources: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Religion News Service (religionnews.com), AP News, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, and The Economist. Your journal entries should include bibliographical citations of each article that you are discussing, making use of either MLA or APA style.