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Religious and Ethnic Groups Paper Instructions

Part I

Select at least one religious and one ethnic/racial group that is not your own from the following list:

• Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf)

o Christianity

• Evangelical Protestant

• Mainline Protestant

• Historically Black Churches

• Roman Catholic

• Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)

• Jehovah’s Witnesses

• Orthodox (Greek, Eastern)

o Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform)

o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana)

o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism)

o Hinduism

• Ethnic groups (found in Chapters 5, 11, and 14 of Racial and Ethnic Groups)

Part II

Write a 700- to 1,400-word paper in which you consider the following regarding the religious group and ethnic group you selected:

Religious group:

• How does your selected religious group differ from other religious groups (such as in their beliefs, worship practices, or values)?

Identify one experience of your selected religious group with other groups that do not share its beliefs or practices?

Identify one way the religious group you selected contributed to American culture?

• Identify an example of prejudice or discrimination your selected religious group has experienced.

• What was the source of this prejudice or discrimination?

• Briefly summarize how your perception of this group has changed as a result of your exploration of the selected religion.

Ethnic group:

How does your selected ethnic group differ from other racial/ethnic groups (such as differences in ancestry, language, or culture)?

Identify one experience of your selected ethnic group with other groups that do not share its beliefs or practices?

Identify one way the ethnic group you selected contributed to American culture?

• Identify an example of prejudice or...