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Medical decision making is complex, wrought with personal, professional, societal, institutional, and, most of all, ethical implications. One tremendous challenge for medical professionals, policy makers, patients, and caregivers is negotiating the ethics of a situation, which can range from participating in a clinical trial to considering whether to prolong someone’s life. The choices are not easily made. Read More |
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Many factors motivate people to “do good” for others or to rally behind a cause. Service, such as volunteering, is common and considered valuable to all involved. Such service also raises philosophical questions. Is “doing good” a personal choice or does it emerge from a moral, spiritual, or civic responsibility? What drives altruism? Does altruism always drive service? Beyond a sense of fulfillment, what does service bring to the “doer”? What does service teach? Read More |
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In a world torn by religious violence, and in America, where there is terrific religious diversity, is it possible for varied faith communities to come together to discuss commonalties and differences? Would interfaith dialogue diminish or even eliminate the gaps — and the conflict — among them? And, should such dialogue be at least a step in building bridges, what processes might be involved in setting up and ensuring successful, long-term interaction? Read More |
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The rift between the Sunnis and Shiites is over 1,300 years old. Despite the factions’ shared beliefs, their differences are great enough to sustain an ongoing sectarian schism. The conflict between the groups has particularly escalated in Iraq — a situation likely attributable to a number of factors — where Sunni-Shia violence is constant and seemingly unrelenting. Read More |
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What are the visions typically associated with marriage? Happy couples composed of a man and a woman — well, at least, from a traditional perspective. These days, same-sex marriage has greatly altered that view, as well as created significant and substantive social, religious and legal debate. Read More |
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Is the environment a religious issue? Across many religious faiths, nature’s beauty and value are embraced. Sacred texts speak to the miracle of earth’s creation and bounty and to the ways humanity both benefits from and needs to protect its riches. Read More |
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Many of the most prominent figures of the civil rights movement drew their motivation to fight for freedom and equality from their religious faith. Powered by the belief that all men and women are children of God, they set forth to assure that justice, fair treatment, and equal opportunity were awarded to people of all races, cultural backgrounds, and religious faiths. Read More |
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In this lesson, students explore various traditional children’s and adolescent faith-based rites of passage. They examine modern coming of age ceremonies – ones that are more secular in nature – and create a rite of passage that best reflects their personal life journeys. Read More |
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It is likely that some students have had the misfortune of losing a grandparent, parent, sibling, or even a friend at a very young age. Read More |
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In this lesson, students will explore the ways the arguments surrounding evolution versus intelligent design have affected relationships among people of different religious backgrounds. Read More |
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In this lesson, students will explore right-to-privacy issues related to Internet use. They will take a close look at the privacy policies that exist on their favorite websites, and they will identify the ways these policies protect their personal information. Read More |
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In this lesson, students examine the outreach strategies and tools some religious entities use to meet their participants’ spiritual needs and to recruit and retain new members. They examine and assess the role of new technologies and marketing ideas being used to promote religion. Read More |
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In this lesson, students will consider the ways they use cell phones at school, in public, and in their private life, and they will complete activities that allow them to discover how cell phone usage affects those around them. Read More |
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In this lesson, student explore the core of their happiness, pleasure, peace and life purpose, while learning about individuals who repurposed their lives in ways that bring them great happiness and meaning. Read More |
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In this lesson, students will examine the connection between religion and immigration as they explore the Muslim immigrant experience in the United States and Europe. They will begin by discussing the role that religion plays in the integration of new immigrants. Read More |
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In this lesson, students examine what and who drives various peacemaking efforts, as well as the nature and impact of those efforts. Students choose from several culminating project-based activities that invite them to apply and/or further their knowledge of peacemaking. Read More |
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In this lesson, students will explore the grim reality of human trafficking. They will define human trafficking and examine how people might be led by their desperation for a better life into a world of slavery. Read More |
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The lesson will help students understand the complicated role of women in Islam and become familiar with the current movement by “progressive” Muslim women to gain more access to the mosque. Read More |
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In this lesson students will explore how particular religious blocs voted in the 2004 presidential election and how the hopes and/or expectations of these religious voters are impacting the second term of George W. Bush. Read More |
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This lesson looks at end-of-life issues and examines the political and religious forces behind the decision to let a person live or die. Read More |
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What rights can immigrants to the U.S. expect? In this lesson, students will explore the complex ethical and policy questions of immigration in the post-9/11 U.S. Read More |
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In this lesson, students discover how the attitudes and values of different cultures affect their approaches to treating HIV and AIDS. Read More |
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Students will explore the teachings and values of Islam and of the Muslim community in their own area. Through research and exposure to members of the Muslim community, students will understand how the teachings and values of Islam have been used by terrorists for their own political purposes. Read More |
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Students gain an understanding of the controversy surrounding stem cell research, exploring the positions taken by religious leaders and communities, as well as by those in the medical profession. Students will weigh ethical concerns against prospects for medical advance, and gather information to aid in the development of their own position on the issue. Read More |
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Students investigate the causes and consequences of the deep-rooted conflict between Muslims and Hindus in India — particularly in the province of Gujarat. Students will consider the larger questions of whether religious beliefs can ever legitimize violence or whether religious conflict is an inevitable human experience. Read More |
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