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Essay 2 Summative Choose one of the following five questions: 1. Was the Enlightenment hostile to religion? Answer with
reference to Kant’s essay, ‘What is Enlightenment?’’, and
secondary sources of your choosing. 2. What, if any, are the limits of religious toleration? Discuss
with reference to Locke’s Letter Concerning Toleration and
secondary sources of your choosing. 3. Is ‘religious fundamentalism’ really an American Christian
phenomenon? Answers with reference to George Marsden’s
Fundamentalism and American Culture, and secondary
sources of your choosing. 4. How have film makers represented religious fundamentalism?
Evaluate the merits of TWO examples of films you have
watched on this course, with reference to relevant academic
literature.
5. Do the ‘mystical’ traditions with monotheistic religions have a
future within modern spirituality? Discuss with reference to
Evelyn Underhill’s Mysticism OR/AND William James’s
Varieties of Religious Experience, and secondary sources of
your choosing.
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assessment
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throughout the module within the context of lectures and
especially seminars. Students are encouraged to ask questions and
to ‘try out’ possible answers or approaches to which lecturers and
tutors will respond supportively with the aim of encouraging and
rewarding coherence, confidence and a proper ethical concern for
different perspectives. Students can also take advantage of the
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