Please include all answers within one file or Word Doc
Pick one question from each section and answer a total of 3 questions
Each answer will be graded out of 20 points, for a total of 60 points.
Each response needs to be at least 1.5 pages double-spaced [minimum], you can write more if you would like.
Each response needs 4 references/in-text citations
There will be a total of 4.5 double-spaced pages with written responses at a minimum.
There will be a total of 12 references at minimum.
Format: 12-pt font and 1-inch margins, include a title for each essay, and paragraphs should be orderly/organized.
Reference Instructions:
Death and Dying in World Religions / In-text reference: (Bregman, Pg#)
A Brief History of Death / In-text reference: (Spellman, Pg#)
“Ways of Grieving Among Ojibwe Elders: ‘They’re All Around Us. They’re Always.’” / In-text reference: (Dennis and Washington, Pg#)
“Death Scenes” from Roman Death: The Dying and the Dead in Ancient Rome / In-text reference: (Hope, Pg#)
Cremation Rites in Hinduism / In-text reference: (Idler, Pg#)
Hindu entry from Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice Palliative Care / In-text reference: (Rambachan, Pg#)
Relics of the Buddha / In-text reference: (Strong, Pg#)
Buddhist entry from Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice Palliative Care / In-text reference: (Bruce, Pg#)
“Sallekhana: The Ethicality and Legality of Religious Suicide…:” (Braun, Pg#)
“Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia…;” (Emanuel, Pg#)
“Tradition and Change in Jewish Ideals…” (Ravvin, Pg#)
“Excremental Assault:” (Des Pres, Pg#)
“Noble Death or Death Cult?…” (Middleton, Pg#)
“The Association Between Religious Beliefs and Practices…:” (Silton, Pg#)
““Remember Death: An Examination of Death…:” (Davoudi, Pg#)
“Xunzi Versus Zhuangzi…:” (Fraser, Pg#)
When you reference a Lecture use this in-text reference format:
Each essay response for each question MUST include:
4 References at minimum
3 textual references from class readings listed above at minimum
1 lecture reference at minimum
An answer to all parts of the question
Section One: Pick only ONE question from this section
Based on all the religions, traditions, and cultures we read about or discussed throughout the lectures in Weeks 9-14 pick TWO examples that allow you to explore ideas of salvation.
How does salvation work in each example and what are the significant differences?
How is salvation tied to beliefs in the afterlife?
What hopes and fears do these beliefs in salvation address?
How might attitudes to death be impacted by believing in salvation?
Based on all the religions, traditions, and cultures we read about or discussed throughout the lectures in Weeks 9-14 pick TWO examples that allow you to explore ideas of the afterlife.
What are some beliefs found within each [chosen] culture which relate to the afterlife and what are the significant similarities/differences?
How are attitudes toward death tied to beliefs in the afterlife?
How might beliefs in the afterlife have impacted the practices surrounding death within the chosen culture?
Based on all the religions, traditions, and cultures we read about or discussed throughout the lectures in Weeks 9-14 pick TWO examples that allow you to explore burial and/or cremation.
What are some specific burial and cremation practices?
How is burial or cremation tied to beliefs in the afterlife?
What hopes and fears do these practices address?
How might attitudes to death be impacted by either practicing burial or cremation?
Section Two: Pick only ONE prompt from this section [must include 4 references/in-text citations]
Based on all the religions, traditions, and cultures we read about or discussed throughout the lectures in Weeks 9-14 use THREE examples to demonstrate the significance of martyrdom/sacrifice in death and dying.
Based on all the religions, traditions, and cultures we read about or discussed throughout the lectures in Weeks 9-14 use THREE examples to demonstrate the power of the spirit world.
Based on all the religions, traditions, and cultures we read about or discussed throughout the lectures in Weeks 9-14 use THREE examples to demonstrate the power of transition/liminal states in death and dying.
Based on all the religions, traditions, and cultures we read about or discussed throughout the lectures in Weeks 9-14 use THREE examples to demonstrate the power of the gods/goddesses/spirits/saints/martyrs related to death and dying.
Section Three: Pick only ONE question from this section [must include 4 references/in-text citations]
Based on all the religions we read about or discussed throughout the lectures in Weeks 9-14 use THREE examples to explore three religious beliefs or philosophical perspectives related to death and dying that were the most surprising or interesting to you.
Based on all the religions, traditions, and cultures we read about or discussed throughout the lectures in Weeks 9-14 compare TWO conceptions of dying a “good death.”
What are the specific conditions of dying a “good death” in each example?
What do you think these conceptions say about what each culture values?
Do you believe the framework of dying a “good death” is useful? What would the merits or limitations of this framing
How has our study of the religions, traditions, and cultures covered throughout this courseinformed/altered your views on the ethics of death? Please explain your views, and then use specific topics covered during the course to reflect on how the course content has informed/altered your views. [You may reference any of the course content for this answer: weeks 2-14]
IF a topic we have covered in the second part of class (weeks 9-14) has impacted the way you view life and death, then write about this impact and explain why it caused a perspectival shift.
12. IF you have hopes related to death (the manner of death, the nature of the afterlife, community remembrance, etc.) explain them, and then use specific topics covered during this course to reflect on how these topics may have informed those hopes. [You may reference any of the course content for this answer: weeks 2-14]
