Alice

=Research Question:=
 * Does culture shape religion or does religion shape culture?** //(Compare two religions, Christianity and Islam, in various regions. How are they practiced differently based on the geography or the social norms and how do they change the society by their beliefs?)//

=Unique Audience:=
 * University Students who are majoring in sociology
 * People of different religions (online discussion board)
 * **2 friends who studied sociology, or AP World History Before.**
 * Family members

=UNIQUE AUDIENCE FEEDBACK:= At first I chose people of different religions as my unique audience but I did not receive any thorough and deep feedback in the online discussion board so I decided to change my unique audience to 2 friends who have studied sociology or AP world history. I presented my research to Hajung Kim, who has taken sociology last year, and Eungi Choi, who is taking AP world history right now. I believe I have selected the appropriate audience as they seemed to grasp the idea better and asked some acute questions such as asking for my opinion for an example that opposes my response. I told them in the beginning of the presentation that their role is to evaluate my presentation in both content-wise and presentation style-wise and they have completely understood their roles by giving me helpful feedback. Eungi said that when she first heard my research question, she believed culture wold have a bigger role in influencing religion but was convinced after hearing the presentation. She said that I need to improve on confidence and organization. Hajung said that the examples I provided were helpful and convincing as some of them were said and done unconsciously by majority of the people. She also added that I need to work on pacing and organization. After hearing their feedback, I changed my keynote where it was more organized and clear for the audience to understand. I believe it was a wise choice to present to unique audience first before presenting to the class because their advices help you to make your presentation better.



=Reading Plan Assignment/ Scholarly Reading:=

Books:

 * Neusner, Jacob, Bruce Chilton, and William A. Graham. //Three faiths, one God: the formative faith and practice of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam//. Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2002. (A copy of this book is available in Questia so I am planning to read it during the week of spring break.)
 * Goh, Robbie B. H.. //Christianity in Southeast Asia// . Singapore: ISEAS, 2005. (A copy of this book is available in Questia so I am planning to read it during the week of spring break.)

Articles:
> http://www.answering-islam.org/Authors/Arlandson/women_inferior.htm > http://www.questiaschool.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001819991.
 * Ahmad, Mirza Tahir, Christianity: A Journey from Fact to Fiction. Raqeem Press,1994.
 * Answering Islam Team, Answering Islam, http://www.answering-islam.org/index.html
 * Arlandson, James. "Women are inferior to men in the Quran." Answering Islam 1 (2009): 1.
 * Glimp, David. "Staging Government: Shakespeare's Life of King Henry the Eighth and the Government of Generations." Criticism 41 (1999).
 * Godlas, Alan. Islam and Islamic Studies Resources, http://www.uga.edu/islam/home.html
 * Gould, Mark. "Religion within Reason: Pope Benedict's Critique of Islam." Policy Review 1, no.146 (2007).
 * Johnson, Daniel. "Islam, Western Civilization, & the Nation State." New Criterion, January 2007. http://www.questiaschool.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5019165361
 * Ksarjian, Lena. "Religion as a Human Science." Free Inquiry, Fall 1994.
 * Mojzes, Paul, and Leonard Swidler. "Common elements of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam." Journal of Ecumenical Studies, January 1, 2002.
 * Pfarrkirchner, J. Raimund, “Holy Undercurrent: How Religion Shapes Cultures Worldwide.” (Matador Network, 2009).
 * Simon, Ahmed. "Islam: the Facade, the Facts The rosy picture some Muslims are painting about their religion, and the truth they try to hide." (Islam Review).  http://www.islamreview.com/articles/islampractical.shtml

=Formal Writing/Research:=