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Please do not respond to these till Sunday

(I’m posting them now only so you’ll have a day to think about them.)

Your discussions up until Saturday evening or Sunday morning should focus on Underhill’s Mysticism. After that, for the remainder of the week, discussions should focus around the "Key Themes" and "Synthesis" discussion questions.

These two sets of DQs are in lieu of a final exam, so you’ll want to make them very good.

Please do these "Themes" DQs first, and the "Synthesis" DQs second.

Discussion Questions:
Key Themes

1. Pick out at least four (it could be more) key ideas or themes that we explored in this course that you found to be interesting or provocative or meaningful to you.

a.) Summarize what each of those ideas is. Then b) explain what it was about each of those ideas that you found interesting or provocative or meaningful.

So your response to this question will come in four (or more) parts, one for each of the four ideas you will be describing and discussing. And each part will have both a) and b) elements. So there will be a 1a and 1b, 2a and 2b, etc.

2. Respond to at least two of the single themes expressed by your classmates, perhaps asking them a question about it, or relating it to some other idea in the class that you found important, or offering your own opinion on that idea, etc.

 

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