Religion and the Life Cycle
Take Home Final
Please write on all three questions (approximately three
pages each, double-spaced with 1” margins):
1.
Write an essay in which you compare the
stories of John Bailey and Dr. Borg with respect to the religious dimensions of
human experience in old age.
2.
Describe the fundamentals of Victor Frankl’s system of logotherapy and
explain how it emerges from his experiences in a death camp.
3.
Compare traditional Hindu experiences
of love and marriage with those in the U.S.
Then describe Erikson’s theory of identity formation as a necessary
precursor to mature love, and assess its adequacy in explain Indian and
American experience.
The essay is due by
midnight on May 6th.
Send your final to me
by email at djmeckel@smcm.edu
Type “Take Home Final”
on the subject line
Send your essays in
one document only
Name your document as
follows: “[your last name] Take Home Final”