homework due tonight (The Grade)

20 points (Click the title above to submit this assignment): 

Due SUNDAY of Weeks 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 by 11:59pm AZ time.

No more than 15% of your analysis may come from quotes. (Eg. If you write the minimum of 350 words for CA 1 or 2, no more than 52 of that total word count may be from quotes (15% of the 350 minimum word count). 

This assignment involves  and  the ways in which you see our categories show up in American religious history (in assigned readings).

• Week 2: [religious] IDENTITY  (20 points – due SUN 10/22 – minimum word count 350). Based on all assigned reading in Week 2.
• Week 3: POWER or AUTHORITY (20 points – due SUN 10/29 – minimum word count 350). Based on all assigned reading in Week 3.
• Week 4: GENDER + [human] BODIES (TWO CATEGORIES TOTAL!) (20 points – due SUN 11/5 – minimum word count 350). Based on all assigned reading in Week 4.
• Week 5: AUTHENTICITY or LEGITIMACY (20 points – due SUN 11/12 – minimum word count 350). Based on all assigned reading in Week 5.
• Week 6: ADAPTATION or EVOLUTION (20 points – due SUN 11/19 – minimum word count 350). Based on all assigned reading in Week 6.

For full credit, this assignment requires:

• A basic heading including your full name, the assignment title, and the date, in an Microsoft Word document. 
• Category heading–no other title or subheading (e.g. for CA 1: IDENTITY). 
• A thesis (FIRST) sentence that contains some permutation of the category you are analyzing. For instance, if you are writing about IDENTITY and I don’t see those words or some permutation of them in the first sentence, you will not make above a B on this paper. Make sure this sentence makes sense and that it introduces the main examples you want to write about. Avoid general statements about the category you are analyzing.
• Use the assigned category throughout your analysis and use bold text to highlight those words.
• Specificity. For full credit, locate yourself in time and place somewhere in the first two sentences. Beyond that, you must avoid all vague statements. Be specific and give examples.
• Focus on religion in America. I don’t want to read any general, vague statements about identity or authority or human bodies (etc.) in general. We are studying religion in a particular context, so everything you write should have to do with religion in America.
• Precisely ONE quote from Morone–no more–is required. You may also quote precisely once from Pasquier, if you wish. Other than that, paraphrase and cite with the author’s last name and the page number on which the quote is found. (Example: (Morone, p. 107). As another example, if you use the Kindle edition of a textbook, cite both quotes and paraphrases like this: (Morone, Kindle Location 2351). NOTE: That parenthetical citation belongs INSIDE the period that closes your sentence. 
• Omit reflections about your reading process. (Example: I do NOT want to read things like, “While I was reading the chapters in Morone this week, I thought…”
• Omit personal opinions.
• College-level writing. (See  for one guide to the definition of “college-level writing.”)
• Substance. Shallow and or vague will get you a D. Give specific substantive examples.
• Focus on the assigned category as the main framework for your analysis. (Those words must occur multiple times in your analysis.)
• Thoughtful analysis, clarity of argument, depth of insight.
• No rhetorical questions or obvious questions that you should know the answers to if you have read the textbook/s.
• Essay format. Absolutely NO bullet points. 
• Complete, coherent sentences.
• No run-on sentences.
• Proper spelling and grammar.
• No personal opinions. You may use I, but not to express an opinion. 
• No theological statements.
• Submission as an MS Word attachment in Blackboard in the relevant SUBMIT folders. I will not accept any other format. If you submit this assignment in an OpenOffice, Google Docs, Pages, or any other format, you will get no credit. You do not have to purchase MS Word. You simply have to use a word processor that allows you to save your files as MS Word docs.