Analyze what the various world religions understand by the term or concept, “God.” Evaluate the value and importance of religious belief and practice in human society both historically and in the present day.

Cite at least three credible sources outside the course text and include at least two citations from different sections of the course text, Living Religions by Mary Pat Fisher. Your sources should be from credible and academically respectable sources. Please note that Wikipedia is not acceptable as one of the three required sources. Use Wikipedia for basic information and as a starting point for more advanced research and a guide to other reliable sources. You may use MLA, APA, or CMS documentation style and formatting guidelines. Choose whichever style best suits your purposes, but note that philosophy papers generally use MLA or CMS.

Approach the assignment in a spirit of critical inquiry, which implies a receptive, reasonable, discerning frame of mind that is open to considering different perspectives. A concern for accuracy, precision, and truthfulness is assumed.

As a reminder, here are the Course Learning Outcomes:

Analyze differences and similarities among familiar religious traditions and other, less familiar or foreign, religious traditions.

Analyze different ways of understanding the concept of the divine through cognitive, experiential, and emotional pathways.

Explain how the idea of “having” or “being” a soul, conceived as the basis or essence of personal identity or ego, informs one’s worldview and behavior towards others.

Analyze what the various world religions understand by the term or concept, “God.”

Evaluate the value and importance of religious belief and practice in human society both historically and in the present day.

Create notions of how tolerance for people of other religious traditions can be built through understanding those traditions while reflecting on the value of religious tolerance itself.