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Research Narrative Assignment: Integrating Reflection on Catholic Social Teaching

17 Oct, 2019

This essay assignment asks students to reflect on their research process, evaluate on their sources, and reflect on social justice implications in reference to Catholic social teaching.

Checking Our Baggage: Reflective Primary Text Analysis for Religious Studies

9 Aug, 2017

This assignment is designed to encourage students in introductory-level religious studies classes to check the assumptions they bring to the subject matter and to develop their critical inquiry skills in this area through close examination of primary text passages. The primary textual sources used may be contemporary or historical, depending on the course context. The assignment consists of two sequenced exercises: Part one. In-class writing exercise analyzing an unidentified passage (1-2 pages) Part two. Reflection and expanded analysis of the identified passage using scholarly sources…

Sequenced Research Paper in Religious Studies

1 Dec, 2015

This set of assignments is designed to help students: (a) grow initial thoughts and questions into carefully scoped and well-reasoned research papers, and (b) develop critical thinking skills through interrogation of familiar images of religion and spirituality in American popular culture.

Citation Mapping for Religious Studies

11 Aug, 2015

This assignment asks students to map scholarly citations in order to illustrate the concept that scholarship is a conversation. Secondarily, the activity is meant to demonstrate the constructed and contextual nature of authority in academic discourse. It can be used to help students build up to completing an annotated bibliography, research paper, or presentation that requires scholarly sources.