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Guidelines for Research Paper: \u201cThe Role of Religion in a Person\u2019s Life\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this paper, you will investigate the role of religion in the life of a person based on an analysis of their oral history. Think of this paper as 3 steps: 1) Finding the oral history, through archives or resources found at the library or other academic resources (see possibilities<\/em> below); 2) Listen, study, and take notes on the oral history (it\u2019s easier if the oral history is already transcribed); 3) Decide on key points from the transcript, issues connected to religion and interpretable with the insights you\u2019ve gained from the course; 3) Organize the paper around a thesis<\/em>, create an outline, then write the paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will need a few textual resources for this paper, at least 3 resources. Our textbooks and articles are a ready resource, but you should access at least 2 other outside sources in order to verify information, support your thesis, and\/or compare your analysis to other insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our librarian has provided a resource page: https:\/\/library.sunywcc.edu\/c.php?g=1002928<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length & Specs: <\/strong>6-7 pages long, 1\u201d margins, 12 size font, double-spaced<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Value<\/strong>: 30% of the final course grade<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due<\/strong>: May 2nd<\/sup>, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The person you\u2019re researching does not have to be well-known or famous and will usually not be; that said, you will need to find sufficient information from a primary source, which the oral history itself provides (many oral histories are available in written form rather than the video or audio documentation of the interview). Below is a list of links to oral history databases and links to specific complete oral histories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The objective of this assignment is to answer the following question and by doing so, reprise some of the fundamental issues of religion and its role in human society:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What role did religion play in a person\u2019s life?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things to consider in your analysis \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three sociological functions of religion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. A way to find answers to questions about the unknown or which are unknowable (e.g., the genesis of life, the afterlife, other realms of being, why evil exists, where and why is God, the reason for living, the list goes on)<\/li>
  2. The promotion of social solidarity (belonging to a group); the transmission of cultural traditions and moral guidance on acceptable forms of social behavior<\/li>
  3. A means of achieving assurance or comfort through prayer or other forms of worship; the guarantee that spiritual forces will be of assistance during times of crisis<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In considering these, you might ask why the person made certain life choices and if s\/he experienced any outcomes, positive or negative, from these choices during their lifetime. For example, did the person embrace religion for the social solidarity it provided? Did this person turn to religion in a time of anxiety? Did the religion simply transmit values and traditions to this person, i.e. it didn\u2019t<\/em>imbue him\/her with spiritual fervor? Did this person rely on religion to control factors that they were insecure about? How so? Did this person find religion to answer existential or difficult questions? Was religion the primary moral guidance in this person\u2019s life or did s\/he have other forms of guidance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Specific questions which you should take notes on as you analyze the oral history \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n