Joel ThompsonHow to succeed in this classFirst and foremost, introduce yourself to your slack group and try and get to know them and make sure to talk about the material every…Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
Joel ThompsonAnti-SemitismUntil recently, I’d been pretty unaware of the lingering effects of anti-Semitism in our culture, primarily due to where it takes place…Nov 18, 2020Nov 18, 2020
Joel ThompsonClass and ReligionClass is, unlike race, something I’ve thought a lot about personally. I’m not quite sure why, but for whatever reason, I came into this…Oct 28, 2020Oct 28, 2020
Joel ThompsonReligion and GenderTruthfully, I hadn’t really considered the intersections between gender and religion previous to this lesson. I’d noticed some, most…Oct 22, 20201Oct 22, 20201
Joel ThompsonRace and ReligionComing into this, I had a similar analysis to Nye’s, that race is a colonial construct that was created to perpetuate colonialism. I’ve…Oct 15, 20201Oct 15, 20201
Joel ThompsonTexts and ReligionI will admit readily to my lack of knowledge about Judaism; my first name is the most I’ve ever been connected to it. For whatever reason…Oct 1, 2020Oct 1, 2020
Joel ThompsonRituals and Meaningful ActionAmerican society is fraught with secular rituals, as are most. We greet each other with different phrases, gestures, and even forms of…Sep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2020
Joel ThompsonProblems with the assumption of beliefDue to our perspective coming from a society so inundated with Protestant values, growing up in the Southern United States makes it very…Sep 23, 2020Sep 23, 2020
Joel ThompsonReligion and Pop CultureIt’s hard to underestimate the impact religion has had on pop culture, especially as until recently everyone involved in the production of…Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020
Joel ThompsonImperialism and ReligionImperialism at its core needs justification from another force — empire will not last for its own sake. It is commonly motivated by a…Sep 3, 20201Sep 3, 20201
