reflect back on the religious traditions that we've studied so far - what similarities have you found between any of the religions? Have you found similar ideas, ethical teachings, stories, etc? Were you surprised or confused by these similarities? Second, we began the semester with Prothero's "Introduction", in which he says that the great religions of the world are not the same, and we need to keep in mind their differences if we want to understand them correctly and work for greater interfaith relations in the world

reflect back on the religious traditions that we've studied so far - what similarities have you found between any of the religions? Have you found similar ideas, ethical teachings, stories, etc? Were you surprised or confused by these similarities?

Second, we began the semester with Prothero's "Introduction", in which he says that the great religions of the world are not the same, and we need to keep in mind their differences if we want to understand them correctly and work for greater interfaith relations in the world. After learning about four of the five of the world's largest and most influential religions (with Islam still to come), do you think that they are more different than similar? Or that they are more similar than different? In other words, do you agree with Prothero or with the "perennial philosophers" who claim that ultimately, the religions of the world's are just different paths to the same goal?