Project Research Paper 1

  
you will write a persuasive essay in which you will discuss why the study of world religion matters in our world today. In milestone 2, you chose the religious tradition to explore in detail. In milestone 3, you selected the pillar of analysis from which to base your point of view. In milestone 4, you thought about how your religious tradition approaches a specific social concern.
Now, step back and examine the role the pillar of analysis you selected plays in a global world, from the perspective of your chosen religious tradition. From this perspective, explore, answer, and defend your response to the following questions:
Why do people participate in religion? What were their motivations thousands of years ago? What are their motivations today?
What’s the point of studying religion? What important lessons can we take from the study of religion? 
Given what you’ve covered in your weekly milestones, what role does your selected religious tradition play in contemporary society? Can your selected religious tradition, or any religious tradition, be a positive cultural presence?
Consider your answers to the questions outlined above.
Draft a persuasive essay of 5–7 pages in length responding to and defending your answers to the questions outlined above.
Be sure your essay is formatted using APA format.
Project Research Paper.
Support your assertions by making at least two references
Kurtz, L. R. (2016). Gods in the global village: The world’s religions in sociological perspective (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Chapter 5, “The Religious Ethos” Religion and Politics” (pp. 198­–210) Chapter 6, “Modernism and Multiculturalism” The Modernist Crisis and the 21st Century” (pp. 227–250)
USC ORL. (Producer). (2013, December 2). Are sports a religion? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp_NFGE7qzA
Note: The approximate length of this video is 79 minutes.
World Rugby. (Producer). (2015, September 20). The history behind the all blacks intimidating haka war dance [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bcr2fP1Dt4
 
  
Support your assertions by making at least two references
Kurtz, L. R. (2016). Gods in the global village: The world’s religions in sociological perspective (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Chapter 5, “The Religious Ethos” Religion and Politics” (pp. 198­–210) Chapter 6, “Modernism and Multiculturalism” The Modernist Crisis and the 21st Century” (pp. 227–250)
USC ORL. (Producer). (2013, December 2). Are sports a religion? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp_NFGE7qzA
Note: The approximate length of this video is 79 minutes.
World Rugby. (Producer). (2015, September 20). The history behind the all blacks intimidating haka war dance [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bcr2fP1Dt4