Counterpoint for Religion and Politics Paper
Counterpoint for Religion and Politics Paper
Religious Studies Point/Counterpoint Papers
: We will be reading law materials—
specifically, law materials
dealing with religion
. And in each of the readings, there are
certain understandings of religion, and certain viewpoints regarding the role of religion
in our society, and certain viewpoints regarding the relationship of law and religion
that are being expressed, accepted and proposed in the court opinion
Each paper is to be exactly
1.5 pages
, single-spaced, 12-point font size, due at
Each point/counterpoint paper
must
include each of the following elements:
• a description of at least one
understanding or definition of religion
, or
viewpoint regarding the role of religion in American society
, or
viewpoint
regarding the relationship between religion and law/government
as found in
the court opinions we are studying.
• a presentation of a counterpoint that responds directly to the point you just
described
• your own position; are you more amenable to the point or to the counterpoint,
and why?
• 1 hitherto unanswered question that your point/counterpoint presentation raises
for you
I have attached a few cases that we have learned about in my class and from that you can come up a with view counterpoint on whatever you think makes sense most
These are some of the cases we looked at, the directions on exactly on how to do it is in the description above