COURSE

RELI448N INTRODUCTION TO RELIGION STUDIES 

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapter 1
• Lesson
• Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (1 for the etic view, and 1 for the emic view. Your source for the emic view should come from someone who writes with authority in the religion you chose. For example, if you chose Buddhism, you could use a quotation from His Holiness, Dalai Lama XIV). 

Instructions
Make sure to read the lesson this week to learn about etic and emic perspectives so that you can appropriately apply them in this assignment. In an essay, apply the etic and emic perspectives to your own religion or a religion with which you have some familiarity.

• How would your tradition be described etically? Remember that this is an outsider’s perspective of what can be measured, studied, or observed.
• How would it be described emically? Remember that this is an insider’s perspective as seen by practitioners

Make sure that you are using at least one source for each approach and include citations from the assigned readings and additional scholarly sources.

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Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 350-500 words (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source)

Solution

Perspectives Essay

In most disciplines, such as history, scholars are recommended to conduct analysis using the underside perspective. The study of religion differs in that it takes on two distinct views, which are the etic and emic view. Herein, I will explain the differences between the two perspectives and also provide each of the two on Christianity, my religion……………………please follow the link below to purchase the solution at $10