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Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife https://moodle.uncc.edu/course/view.php?id=111746 ALL FALL 2013 COURSES ARE AT MOODLE2.UNCC.EDU UNCCMoodle ▶ RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-26455 Connect To Moodle 2 Logout Switch role to... Turn editing on My Courses Topic outline Search Forums Welcome to RELS 2109-001 Go DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE Advanced search MW 11:00-12:15 in Fretwell 121 Administration Indian "Game of Heaven and Hell" (played like Chutes and Ladders) News forum SYLLABUS INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION Instructors Course description and goals Expectations Required materials Grading Policies Attendance record Disability Services 1 of 22 3/12/14 12:49 PM Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife https://moodle.uncc.edu/course/view.php?id=111746 UNCC Code of Academic Integrity About the academic study of religion ASSIGNMENTS Short paper assignments (THREE of four possible, due on dates specified) "Deathography" (due Monday, February 4th, before class) Obituary (due Monday, February 25th, before class) Dying and Death Arrangements (due Monday, March 25th, before class) Movie Analysis Essay (due Monday, April 22nd, before class) Final project: Create a Board Game Final project guidelines Draft peer evaluation form (to be completed at the end of the semester [names will be filled in]) CLICKERS Set your clicker to Channel 21 for our classroom. Register your clicker now for all clicker-using courses. Clickers and Academic Integrity How to register a clicker in Moodle How to Use Clickers at UNC Charlotte (Introductory Video-2:39) More UNCC clicker information 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE Wednesday, January 9th ASSIGNMENT FOR WEDNESDAY, January 9th 2 of 22 3/12/14 12:49 PM Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife https://moodle.uncc.edu/course/view.php?id=111746 Read Chidester, Patterns of Transcendence, "Religion, Death, and Dying" chapter "The School," by Donald Barthelme Death Beliefs and Attitudes Class Survey (due by Monday, January 14th, at midnight)) RESOURCES Resource: Six Billion Human Beings: A Global Perspective Resource: Encyclopedia of Death and Dying Resource: Taphophilia Resource: If you're brave, check out the "Death Clock" Resource: Death: The Last Taboo Resource: Timeline of Noteworthy Death Events (multi-page) Resource: Many, many, many categorized links Resource: Population Clock On Being (podcast): Contemplating Mortality Big Religion Chart (see afterlife beliefs column) Interactive guide to causes of deeath in the U.S. 2 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DEATH AND DYING? Monday, January 14th and Wednesday, January 16th NOTE: You are required to bring your clicker to class on Wednesday (and every day thereafter). Kurt Richter from the Center for Teaching and Learning will give us a tutorial for the first part of class on Wednesday. 3 of 22 3/12/14 12:49 PM Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife https://moodle.uncc.edu/course/view.php?id=111746 ASSIGNMENTS FOR MONDAY, January 14th TED talk (13 minute video): Peter Saul, "Let's Talk About Dying" ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEDNESDAY, January 16th Choose a few of the links below and delve into the information there in preparation for class on Wednesday. The "Resources" sections on this site are for further information and are not required (you will not be tested on this information). We do recommend you check out the links, however, for ideas for your final projects and because you just might learn something. RESOURCES Resource: How We Die: Views from Six Feet Under Resource: "Queryable" death statistics for North Carolina Resource: Rates of cremation by state Resource: Mortality data from the CDC Resource: Causes of death by accidental injury Resource: Findings from the Pew Foundation (see relevant pages) Cat predicts patient death - from New England Journal of Medicine Resource: "Years of Potential Life Lost" for North Carolina Resource: Millennium Development Goals: Child Mortality 2009 (chart) Resource: London's Bill of Mortality (17th century) So Many Dumb Ways to Die Scared to Death . Literally Podcast: Is There a Worst Way to Die? Podcast: Bizarre Ways to Die The mother of Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) - Frances Glessner Lee Death in Diorama Of Dolls and Murder trailer Of Doll and Murder - Netflix (optional) HarvardMag article on Frances Glessner Lee Official Blog of Glessner House Museum Dollhouse images 4 of 22 3/12/14 12:49 PM Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife https://moodle.uncc.edu/course/view.php?id=111746 3 DEATH IN ASIAN CULTURES Monday, January 21st through Monday, January 28th Monday, January 21st: NO CLASS (but see assignments below) TED talk (6 minutes video): Candy Chang, "Before I Die I Want to . " Optional: Create a class "Before I Die" virtual wall This American Life (1-hour audio): "The Business of Death" (feel free to skip "Act 4") Thomas Nagel's "Death," in The Grim Reader, pp. 25-32 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEDNESDAY, January 23rd: Death in Buddhist Traditions GUEST LECTURE with David Mozina of the Department of Religious Studies (read Chidester, pp. 88-107) ASSIGNMENTS for MONDAY, January 28th: Death in Southeast Asia GUEST LECTURE with Dan White of the Department of Religious Studies on death in Hindu traditions (read Chidester pp. 75-88) RESOURCES Documentary Film: The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of LIfe Hindu cremation BBC "Bitsize" test revision: Death in various traditions Hindu death rituals (somewhat graphic) 5 of 22 3/12/14 12:49 PM Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife https://moodle.uncc.edu/course/view.php?id=111746 Ten Extraordinary Burial Cememonies from around the world Buddhist death beliefs and rituals 4 DEATH IN THE ANCIENT WORLD Wednesday, January 30th, though Monday, February 11th ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEDNESDAY, January 30th: Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East The Epic of Gilgamesh: Enkidu's Dream Egyptian "Negative Confession" Egyptian Land of Silence and Darkness ASSIGNMENTS FOR MONDAY, February 4th: Death and the Afterlife in Zoroastrianism Crossing the Cinvat Bridge ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEDNESDAY, February 6th: Ancient Greek Views of the Afterlife from Homer to the Platonists GUEST LECTURE by James Tabor, Chair of the Dept. of Religious Studies on death in Ancient Greece and early Christianity Emily Vermeule, "A Very Active Dead," in The Grim Reader, pp. 258-66 The Death of Socrates Plato, The Myth of Er 6 of 22 3/12/14 12:49 PM Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife https://moodle.uncc.edu/course/view.php?id=111746 ASSIGNMENTS FOR MONDAY, February 11th: Anthropology of death rituals "Universal Fear of Death" article RESOURCES Resource: Mummy Maker exercise Building the Great Pyramid (lots of information) Resource: An Artisan's Tomb from Ancient Egypt Resource: Pyramid building game Resource: Plan your journey to the Egyptian Afterlife Resource: Egyptian Tombs: Life Along the Nile Resource: Travel to the Egyptian Underworld A description of the process of mummification Some Background on Zoroastrianism Vanishing Vultures a Grave Matter for India's Parsis Some Background on Ancient Mesopotamian Religion and Culture Burial customs, the afterlife and pollution Death, Burial, and the Afterlife in Ancient Greece Death in Britain under Roman Empire Roman religion gallery Pictures of Etruscan tombs 5 DEATH IN ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS Wednesday, February 13th, through Wednesday, February 27th ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEDNESDAY, February 13th: 7 of 22 3/12/14 12:49 PM Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife https://moodle.uncc.edu/course/view.php?id=111746 Death and the afterlife in Judaism Read Chidester, pp. 145-69. Passages from the Hebrew Bible Passages from the Hebrew Bible: Ecclesiastes 8 Philip Roth, "Patrimony," in The Grim Reader, pp. 162-68 ASSIGNMENTS FOR MONDAY, February 18th: GUEST LECTURE with Kathryn Johnson of the Dept. of Religious Studies on death in Islam (read Chidester, pp. 178-88) ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEDNESDAY, February 19th: Death and afterlife in early Christianity Read Chidester, pp. 169-78 Salvation and Damnation linked to Deeds (Matthew 7:13-23) Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans ASSIGNMENTS FOR MONDAY, February 25th: Early and Medieval Christian Death and review for exam OBITUARY DUE today before class (through assignment link near top of the Moodle site) Giovanni Boccaccio, "The Plague in Florence," in The Grim Reader, pp. 187-95 Carlos M. N. Eire, "From Madrid to Purgatory," in The Grim Reader, pp. 340-46 FIRST EXAM -- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th -- FIRST EXAM RESOURCES JEWISH DEATH Jewish Funerals, Burial, and Mourning ISLAMIC DEATH Muslim views of death and afterlife EARLY CHRISTIAN DEATH Catacombs The earliest Christian graves A short history of depictions of the crucifixion of Jesus MEDIEVAL DEATH Take a tour of Anglo-Saxon burial grounds Holy relics set to music 8 of 22 3/12/14 12:49 PM Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife https://moodle.uncc.edu/course/view.php?id=111746 All sorts of information about holy relics Would you kill patients if you were a medieval doctor? The End of the World? Eyewitness accounts of the Black Death Death in the Middle Ages Relics and Reliquaries in Medieval Europe Reliquaries for sale on eBay The Black Plague: An Introduction An article on relics and the internet Everything you ever wanted to know about the Black Death A medieval play in which "Everyman" is summoned by death Pictures of The Plague 6 DEATH IN THE NEW WORLD Monday, March 11th, through Wednesday, March 20th ASSIGNMENTS FOR MONDAY, March 11th: Death in Colonial and Victorian America and Spiritualism Rudolf Schafer, "Photographing the Dead," in The Grim Reader, pp. 312-13 Burial Customs in American History MONDAY, March 18th: Game workshops in teams, facilitated by undergrad TAs Peer evaluation sheet 9 of 22 3/12/14 12:49 PM Course: RELS-2109-001-Spring 2013-Death and the Afterlife https://moodle.uncc.edu/course/view.php?id=111746 ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEDNESDAY, March 20th: Festivals for (and of) the Dead Erwin Panofsky, "The Dangerous Dead," in The Grim Reader, pp.
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