// JANUARY 24–28 // January 25 (Tues.) LESSON 1.2 — #Religion: Defining It & Talking about It (~2h15m total) First, review: Study Guide for #Religion Second, read: “How to Ask a Good Question” (handout adapted from “We Aren’t Here to Learn What We Already Know,” by Kyla Wazana Tompkins) Then watch: “Misconceptions about Religion,” Harvard Religious Literacy Project “3 Things Everyone Should Know about Religion” Religion for Breakfast

Welcome to RELS 2311 – Bible and Western Culture II: Introduction to New Testament Studies — If you’re reading this message, that means that you are registered for RELS 2311 (Bible and Western Culture II / #IntroNTUH). To briefly introduce myself: My name is CJ Schmidt, and my pronouns are he/him/his. I am an adjunct professor in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at UH and…

Tues & Thurs (11:30am–1pm) // Room: AH 204 (Agnes Arnold Hall)

Tues & Thurs (11:30am–1pm) // Room: AH 204 (Agnes Arnold Hall)

Our Analytical Categories — #Religion, #Gender, #Race, #Sex, & #Class/#Status. Our assumed definitions of each of these categories are contingent. While they may seem to be stable “things” they do, in fact, mean different things at different times and in different places. Ideas about #Religion differ across historical time and geographical location. Ideas about #Race differ across historical time and geographical location.

Benchmarks for Success — Submission instructions: Final deadline is December 15th @ 5pm Submit final projects to Blackboard to folder “Final Project Submissions” For podcasters not using Anchor.fm for your episode: submit your 1-page of shownotes to me as an email attachment since you’ll be uploading an .MP4 file to Blackboard. All other project formats: combine…

Expectations — The Basics When: Thursday, December 9th 2pm–5pm Where: Only on Zoom (See link and passcode in email) What: keep in mind, this is a celebration of your work and a chance to share your learning with each other! names will be drawn randomly from a hat to determine order of presenters send me any visuals…

Dec. 9 (Thurs.), In-class @ 2pm–5pm — In-class presentations of your semester projects! Let’s celebrate your learning and hard work together by sharing what you discovered during your independent research projects. Project Presentations expectations are here. Final Submission of Projects grading rubric is here. Please complete your End of Semester Self-Evaluation before today. Please complete your Course/Instructor Evaluation (via AccessUH) before today.

// November 29–December 3// — Nov. 30 (Tues.) LESSON 3.16 — Romans 12–16: Ethics, Women Apostles, and the End of the Historical Paul’s Story What do you know & what do you expect? Reflect on and describe (1) what you already know — or think you know — about today’s topic/text and (2) where you learned that information. Predict what you expect to encounter or learn during this lesson. Read through our primary source once without taking notes: