Week 16

Activities
Assignment	Format	Due Date	Points
Knowledge Check	Quiz	Tuesday	0
Existentialism Critique of Religion	Discussion Forum	Wednesday	5
Journal	Journal Assignment	Friday	5
Final Paper	Written Assignment	Sunday	100

Learning Objective

Examine the "unknown" of life after death by focusing multi-cultural beliefs about an afterlife.

At the end of the class we will have:

Examined Christianity's view of an afterlife from a non-religious perspective.
Assessed Hindu and Buddhist concepts of an afterlife.
You reviewed your own belief about an afterlife.

These objectives are an important part of our activities to procure the following learning outcomes.

Evaluate beliefs in an afterlife.
Analyze attitudes and practices about death and dying.
Examine religious, philosophical. and popular beliefs about death and dying.

Introduction

In Week 16 we will introduce concepts of an existence beyond life.

You will begin your study by examining a secular (non-religious) criticism of a Christian belief in an afterlife. Next, you will assess from the perspective of your own belief Hindu and Buddhists concepts of an afterlife. Here you will have the opportunity to review your own belief.

During previous weeks of the course, you were asked to learn how to describe different cultures' attitudes and practices about death and dying. You were also asked to comprehend religious, philosophical, and popular beliefs about death and dying. In this final week of the course you will synthesize this learning by integrating an evaluation of beliefs in an afterlife.

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