DSST Introduction to World Religions case studies
DSST Introduction to World Religions · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Introduction to World Religions is one of the DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests) exam titles listed by Get College Credit, the program's official catalog. DSST exams let learners convert knowledge they already have into college credit: the catalog states that over 1,500 colleges and universities recognize the DSST program and award college credit for passing scores. The DSST Introduction to World Religions case studies are 5 cases and about 4,114 words.
1The Chapter That Described a Library: Applying a Multi-Dimensional Framework to Fieldwork
A doctoral student spends eight months at a Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora temple in Toronto that also runs a Saturday language school and a funeral-services society. The draft chapter describes the community's religion almost entirely through text and doctrine: the Bhagavad Gita's teaching on duty, the temple's sectarian affiliation with Shaiva Siddhanta, and a summary of what Shaivas believe about Shiva.
860 words, about 4 min2Forty-Three Objects, Twelve Restricted: Repatriation and the Category 'Primal Religion'
A state museum in Adelaide holds 43 objects collected in the 1890s from Anangu country in the central desert. A delegation of elders asks for the return of 12 of them.
804 words, about 4 min3'If There's No Self, Who Is My Wife Remembering?' A Hospice Case Across Buddhist Schools
At a hospice in San Francisco, a 74-year-old retired gardener, Kenji, is dying of pancreatic cancer. He was raised in a Jodo Shinshu (Pure Land) family in Hiroshima, immigrated at 25, and has not practised for decades.
796 words, about 4 min4No Dawn at 69.6°N: A Mosque Council Writes Its Reasoning
A mosque in Tromsø, Norway (69.6°N), serves about 300 people, mostly converts and students. From late November to mid-January the sun does not rise; in June and July it does not set.
831 words, about 4 min5Incense for the Genius: A Magistrate's Judgment Call in Bithynia
In 112 CE a duumvir in a town in Bithynia faces a problem. A cloth merchant, Gaius, has been denounced anonymously: he refuses to pour a libation of wine before the emperor's image at the annual festival for Trajan's accession, and he has stopped attending the guild's sacrifice to the city's Tyche.
823 words, about 4 min