In the paper you are to address the following three questions:
QUESTION #1: Dra
In the paper you are to address the following three questions:
QUESTION #1: Drawing on the ideas and observations of David Brooks, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Christian Smith, present three insights you have gained so far in this course about the nature of your own spirituality.Present your insights into your own living (your own spirituality) by making connections to points made by these authors. You must engage with all three authors as you describe your spirituality. Most students need to spend the most time on this section (600+ words).
QUESTION #2: Reflect in writing on your own experience with the one or two spiritual practices you tried out over the course of 5-7 days. What did you do?What did you experience?What did you learn? Make connections to what you wrote in question #1 above (400+ words).
QUESTION #3: Conclude by proposing a small goal for yourself to continue a spiritual practice into the next half of the semester. Explain why you have selected this practice and how you will carry it out.You are not limited to Thich Nhat Hanh’s suggestions but may draw from your own religious tradition or other sources (150+ words).
Texts to be used for this paper:
Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace is Every Step (NY: Bantam Books, 1991).
David Brooks, “Introduction: Adam II,” The Road to Character (NY: Random House, 2015).
Christian Smith, “Human Flourishing,” To Flourish or Destruct (Chicago, IL: Univ of Chicago Press, 2015).
