Questions for this week….
- How do religion and other forms of spirituality give meaning and purpose to human life?
- How does science?
- Are religion and science compatible or at odds?
Starter 2.11: What is the difference between religion and spirituality?
In pairs: Come up with a short list of phrases, words, sentences, quotes that you associate with each word: RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY
Discuss Vonnegut, "Yes, We Have no Nirvanas"
a. What do you think of the idea of Transcendental Meditation?
b. What is Kurt Vonnegut's take on it? Make an interpretive claim about the author’s intention.
Meet the Maharishi….
"The Creation" by Eduardo Galeano
1. Illustrate the passage.
2. Make an interpretive claim about the passage
3. Discuss: What questions is Galeano answering? How does this passage relate to the questions of the week?
HONORS (and anyone else!): Check out a copy of Cat’s Cradle. Book Club meeting will happen on March 7th
JOURNAL 2.11: Response to NOMA and the “Skeptic”:
React to the idea of “Non-overlapping Magisteria” and/or Michael Shermer’s article. Identify a specific passage in the article and agree or disagree with it.