Discuss in writing thoroughly, thoughtfully and in depth three (3) major points made in the reading material handouts.

Discuss in writing thoroughly, thoughtfully and in depth three (3) major points made in the reading material handouts.
1. What is Ceremonial Deism? How is it expressed in modern U.S. life?
2. What is meant by “Christian Privilege?” How is this expressed in modern U.S. life?
3. What is the impact5 of “Christian Privilege” on those who practice minority religions?
4. In what ways can a religious majority oppress religious minorities?
5. What legal protections exist for members of minority religions such as modern western Paganism?
6. In the past decade there has been some improvement in the way modern western Paganism has been received. What factors have led to this?
7. What are some current issues facing modern western Paganism?
8. As modern western Paganism matures, what internal issues will it need to address?
9. How can modern western Pagans best relate to and bridge the divide between themselves and mainstream religions?
10. How important is the Interfaith movement, and such evens as the Parliament of World Religious and organization such as the United Religions Initiative?
11. In his last chapter, Greer argues that western monotheism has walked into a trap of its own making in responding to the growth of materialism “…[the] defenders of Western monotheism found themselves forced to discard every divine quality that was vulnerable to criticism, and rarely seemed to notice that this was tantamount to discarding every divine quality whatsoever.” “Theology thus gradually replaced the passionate, personal, idiosyncratic god of the Bible with a bloodless ‘ground of being.'” (p. 194) What does he perceive as the symptoms of this trap? What does he offer as a solution to this? How would this work? What alternatives are there in today’s world?

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