I adore reading about different religions, partially as a consequence of my own Unitarian beliefs... Thus, a challenge built for me! There will be some crossovers with the essay challenge, but all religion related.
I love the "paths" idea - and i'm rather tempted by the Universalist path myself (no surprises there) - and the final one has a rather delightful and anarchic draw to it. I'll update with a list of intended reads soonish.
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3. The Universalist Path (Also Known As: The Above and Beyond Path): Read something by all five of the major world religions PLUS more books about any or all of the following: Shintoism, Animism, Taoism, Confucianism, Wicca, Mythology, Atheism, Occult, Tribal Religions, Voodoo, Unitarianism, Baha'i, Cults, Scientology, Mysticism, Rastafarianism, Jainism, Sikhism, Zorastrianism, Agnosticism, Gnosticism, Satanism, Manichaeism, Deism, Comparative Religion, Religious Philosophy, Jungiansim, Symbolism, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, etc., etc. etc. (you may also read about another aspect of one of the 5 Biggies)
4. The Unshepherded Path (Also Known As: The Don't Tell Me What to Do Path): Read as many books as you would like about whatever religions you want.
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- Jan 10th: David Ludden, ed., Contesting the Nation: Community, Religion and the Politics of Democracy in India.
- Jan 10th: D.E. Smith, India as a Secular State.
- Jan 10th: Dolan Hubbard, '"'Ah said Ah'd save de text for you'": Recontextualizing the Sermon to Tell (Her)story in Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'.
- Jan 10th: Daphne Lamothe, Vodou Imagery, African-American Tradition and Cultural Transformation in Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'.
- Jan 10th: Deborah Clarke, "The porch couldn't talk for looking": Voice and Vision in 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.
- Jan 10th: Karla F.C. Holloway, Holy Heat: Rituals of the Spirit in Zora Neale Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'.
