Writing Homework Help
Grossmont College President Biden Inauguration Speech Discussion
there are 5 different assignments where each one needs 250 words answer based on videos provided.
1:
Watch President Joe Biden’s inauguration address delivered on January 20, 2021.
In 250 words or more answer the following questions:
Were any of the five major themes of American religious and political life (i.e., the Puritan temper, religious freedom and pluralism, the evangelical dimension, the populist dimension, and/or spiritual and religious individualism) event in the speech? If no themes were present or some were, how might you, if you were the speech writer, incorporate one or more or a mix of the themes in to enhance or alter the speech to mark the special occasion?
(Hint: Be sure to reread Fowler, “Religion and Politics in America: The Historical Legacy to the Present,” pp. 1-23)
This post-synchronous lecture assignment is due between 3 p.m. on January 25 and 3 p.m. on January 27.
(After you submit your work within the timeframe you’re supposed to post, you’ll receive the participation point in your gradebook after the due date has passed).
Video
2:
Watch the “God’s Christian Warriors: Evangelicals” videos, part 1 and part 2.
In 250 words or more answer the following questions:
How would you describe Jerry Falwell’s brand of evangelism compared to the various styles or branches of evangelical Protestantism? What are possible pros and/or cons of the evangelical attitude toward politics and society from your point of view? If you attended a private religious institution like Liberty University, like students in the video, how do you think your own worldview, thinking, and values might be different, if at all, than they are now?
[Hint: reread Fowler, “Christianity and Its Major Branches,” pp. 25-54,188-191]
This post-synchronous lecture assignment is due between 3 p.m. on February 1 and 3 p.m. on February 3.
(After you submit your work within the timeframe you’re supposed to post, you’ll receive the participation point in your gradebook
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uD86cieOaU&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29slkz48Vic
3:
Watch the “God Bless America” videos, part 1 and part 2.
In 250 words or more answer the following questions:
How would you describe President Obama’s and liberal/progressive Democrats’ approach to or style of religion compared to the various styles or brands seen in the conservative, evangelical Protestantism? What are possible pros and/or cons of the liberal/progressive attitude toward religion, politics, and society from your point of view? Can religion and politics properly address or be the answer for the major problems facing American society and the world today from your point of view? If so, how so? If not, why not?
[Hint: reread Butler, “The New Century,” pp. 311-324 and “The Age of Militancy,” pp. 325-342]
[Hint: review Fowler, “Christianity and Its Major Branches,” pp. 25-54,188-191]
This post-synchronous lecture assignment is due between 3 p.m. on February 8 and 3 p.m. on February 10.
(After you submit your work within the timeframe you’re supposed to post, you’ll receive the participation point in your gradebook after the due date has passed).
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4VX-jI0sz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCDvpZRjQzo&t=2s
4:
Write a 250 word or more response to one of the following questions
(i.e., there are five questions in total below, you only need to answer one of them):
[Hint: Reread Fowler, “Gender, Religion, and Politics” (pp. 275-299)]
- What is the value of understanding gender in religion and politics in the U.S.?
- How would you outline the religious women’s diverging perspectives on American politics?
- What are pros and cons of women’s ordination in your estimation?
[Hint: Reread Butler, “Religion in the Age of Upheaval” (pp. 382-399)]
- What does the idea of “religion in the age of upheaval” suggest to you?
- How does this chapter relate to other chapters or topics in the class?
Answer an be based from your own understanding.
5:
Write a 250 word or more response to one of the following questions
(i.e., there are five questions in total below, you only need to answer one of them):
Fowler, “Latino and African American Religion and Politics”
(pp. 249-273)
- How would you compare the Latino and African American experience regarding religion and politics in America?
- What can you surmise from either the Latino religion or the African American experience in American political life?
Butler, “Religion in the New Frontier”
(pp. 363-381)
- What is the main idea of the chapter in your estimation?
- What do you remember about the “Autobiography of Malcolm X”?
- What can you infer from the concept of religion in the “new frontier”?
Answer can be based from your own understanding.
