Yesterday in class Dr. Berg talked a little bit about his trip to Grand Rapids. He spoke about the importance of presenting professionally and how it affected his actual presentation that he did while there. One of the things that he mentioned that I thought was interesting was the importance of making sure all of your handouts had contact information. That made a lot of sense to me but I had never really considered the importance of it. I mean, because of it one of the people he had spoke with at the conference asked him to go speak at a national conference coming up. That is pretty exciting.
We also talked about Civil Religion and different things that a religion has. Here is the list that my group came up with along with a few things that the class added.
-rules to live by (10 Commandments, Koran, Bible, etc.)
-sense of belonging (baptism, communion, etc.)
-supreme being (God, Allah, Elvis, Buddah, etc.)
-afterlife (Heaven, Hell, reincarnation, death, etc.)
-documents (Koran, Bible, etc.)
-symbols (cross, star of David, crucifix, etc.)
-morals/beliefs (abstinence, 10 commandments, etc.)
-place of worship (church, synagogue, mosque, etc.)
-followers (church members, clergy, missionaries, etc.)
-traditions (holidays, passover, etc.)
-time (Sunday morning service, lent, Saturday mass, etc.)
-fellowship (devotions, Sunday school, youth groups, etc.)
-rituals (baptism, communion, lighting candles, eagle dance, etc.)
I definitely thought that this class was super interesting. I like to learn about religions and the different symbols and history, etc. I thought it was very engaging for the class, at least I was.
