Monday - Religious Literacy's Introduction continued - A look a defining Religion (handout)
Wednesday - Introduction finished - Some basic facts
Friday - Religion in the News #2 DUE - Class sharing - Have Read the Dilemma of the Bible pages 15 - 23 (Higgins) : Bring Family Bible or Holy Scripture to class: Is the Bible (or any other Holy Scripture) the literal Word of God?
Monday - November 4th - Have read Chapter 1 pages 27 -48 of Religious Literacy
Jay Leno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAZevVS-oKU
"The Bible" series by - Mark Burnett and Roma Downey
The following are clips featuring Mark Burnett, famous producer of such series as Survivor, Shark Tank and The Apprentice on his series The Bible which aired this past Sunday night on the History Channel. The series is to run five consecutive Sunday up until Easter Sunday. Check it out. Check also his comments on biblical literacy (from EW.com posted on CNN Weekly) Both Mark and his wife, Roma, felt "called" to tell the story of the Bible. Their hope is to reach a whole new generation of people"who have never gone to Church."
"The Bible" is a 10-hour live-action miniseries executive produced by "Survivor" and "Celebrity Apprentice" executive producer Mark Burnett along with his wife Roma Downey ("Touched by an Angel"). Burnett has said he made the special effects-filled project to help tackle "Bible illiteracy" among young people. "In school, you have to know a certain amount of Shakespeare, but no Bible," Burnett told the Christian Science Monitor. "So there's got to be a way to look at it from a pure literature point of view. If it wasn't for the Bible, arguably Shakespeare wouldn't have written those stories."
Now whether you agree with Burnett's and Downey's very Christian telling of The Bible as a complete "love story" whose central or main character is God revealed in the person of Jesus ("Jesus is the main character" according to Burnett), the question still remains, Does this series help with biblical literacy? religious literacy?
What is Religion? A "tongue and cheek" look - but a good overview to the question.
Highlighting the Introduction to Religious Literacy
See Link:
Parenting Beyond Belief Episodes 2 &3
Religious Literacy Done Right
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