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Assignment:
1. Transcendence (the far)
What are the community's beliefs regarding ultimate reality? Is there more than one understanding? (i.e. monistic, monotheistic, dualistic, theistic, polytheistic, henotheistic, atheistic)
2. Immanence (the near)
In what way(s) is ultimate reality personified? How does a believer interact with and influence ultimate reality? Is this interaction controlled or mediated by anybody?
3. Soul & Death
What is the community's concept of the soul? What happens when a person dies?
4. The Theodicy Problem
Why is there evil, and how is evil punished? How does the community explain innocent pain, suffering, and injustice?What is the source of evil? How is justice achieved? In other words: how is good behavior rewarded and evil acts punished?
5. Social Ethos
How Shall We Live What does the community require its members to believe? (orthodoxy); and how are people expected to behave (orthopraxy)? What is the role of sacred text in defining the social ethos of the community?