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RELS 225 2009-01-12 What is a cult?RELS 225 2009-01-12 What is a cult?
Attendance
Announcements
Review of last class
What is a Cult?Syllabus
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AnnouncementsAnnouncements
Sign up on the sheet for a time to meet with the professor
in the old MacNeil Engineering / Science building, room 12.
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Review of last classReview of last class
Readings and Online QuizzesFor every assigned reading, there will be a corresponding quiz to ensure comprehension of the reading. These quizzes will be administered online, at the Xoodle website http://moodle.library.stfx.ca/course/view.php?id=16
Log in with your webfx username and password.Enter the ‘enrolment key’ from the professor. (Write it down now.)Complete your user profile; a photo would be helpful.
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What would you call a “cult”?What would you call a “cult”?
What qualifies a group to be called a cult?
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Biased portrayals of cultsBiased portrayals of cults
Media
Anti-Cult Movement
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The solution to the media / ACM problemThe solution to the media / ACM problem
Academic research that:Doesn’t lump all NRMs together
Recognizes NRMs are not something new
Does not let truth claims about beliefs interfere with research
Seeks to learn about ourselves from NRMs
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HomeworkHomework
For next class:Read about Jehovah’s Witnesses at http://web.archive.org/web/20060828130236/religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Jwitness.html Write online quiz “Jehovah’s Witnesses” at http://moodle.library.stfx.ca based on the above reading.
For Monday:Read Comprehending Cults chapter 2Write online quiz on Chapter 2