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    This document provides instructions for an expository essay assignment due on March 4, 2013. Students must write a 1000-1200 word essay analyzing one of four essay topics. The topics address: 1) Jefferson's description of the separation of church and state in relation to Locke's argument for religious toleration. 2) Whether Locke would have endorsed the Peace of Westphalia's notion of "cuius regio, eius religio." 3) An interpretation of Rousseau's view of civil religion in The Social Contract. 4) Barber's claim about the relationship between Islam and the Islamic state, evaluated using the writings of AlQaradawi and Ghannouchi.

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    This document provides instructions for an expository essay assignment due on March 4, 2013. Students must write a 1000-1200 word essay analyzing one of four essay topics. The topics address: 1) Jefferson's description of the separation of church and state in relation to Locke's argument for religious toleration. 2) Whether Locke would have endorsed the Peace of Westphalia's notion of "cuius regio, eius religio." 3) An interpretation of Rousseau's view of civil religion in The Social Contract. 4) Barber's claim about the relationship between Islam and the Islamic state, evaluated using the writings of AlQaradawi and Ghannouchi.

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    REL 110: Topics for the Expository Essay due March 4, 2013 Instructions: Please write a 1000-1200 word

    essay, to be turned in at the beginning of class on Monday, October 17th, on one of the topics below. The purpose of the essay is to provide a clear analysis of the text. Thus, a strong essay will engage in a careful reading of the primary text or texts under discussion. It is also important to argue for a position in your essay and to address textual evidence that may seem to run counter to your own argument.

    Topic One: In an 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Convention, Thomas Jefferson asserted that the Establishment Clause was intended to build "a wall of separation between Church and State." Consider Locke's argument for religious toleration in A Letter Concerning Toleration. To what extent is Jefferson's description of the intent of the Establishment Clause compatible with Locke's argument for toleration?

    Topic Two: The Peace of Westphalia, signed in 1684, ended the bloody 30 Years War. Central to the Peace was the notion cuius regio, eius religio (he who rules, his religion), meaning that each Prince had the power to determine the official religion of his territory. Using the Letter, evaluate this aspect of the Peace in Lockean terms. Would Locke have endorsed this solution? Why or why not?

    Topic Three: "What Rousseaus chapter on civil religion in The Social Contract was really all about was fixing a minimum core of belief necessary for a community to exist, while excluding any antisocial beliefs." Evaluate this interpretation of Rousseau's treatment of civil religion, paying particular attention to the question of why a "minimum core of belief" is or is not necessary for a community (or state) to exist. Topic Four:

    Shakman Hurd cites Barber as suggesting that "Islam posits a world in which the Muslim religion and the Islamic state are co-created and inseparable." Evaluate this statement using the writings of AlQaradawi and Ghannouchi. How does each envision the proper relationship between religion and the state? To what extent do you think their work supports (or does not support) Barber's claim?

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