Short Written Assignment

Write a short (3-4 page) paper analyzing and critiquing a story about religion in the news.
 The intent behind this assignment is to encourage you to adopt a practice of being critical and self-conscious about religion. I realize that at this point in the course, we haven’t covered very much material. I don’t (just yet!) expect you folks to be whizzes when it comes to religion or to know a great deal about it. The point here is just to exercise your critical muscles (so to speak), and to practice applying to the real world a critical or analytical approach to religion.