FUNERAL PRACTICES IN ISLAM AND MAHAYANA
BUDDHISM
When you submit your assignment, the question number and the prompt should appear before each answer.
For each question, you are expected to write ONE or TWO long paragraphs. One-sentence answers will receive zero.
Every claim you make should be backed up by evidence from the assigned films. You must show that you have watched the films by citing specific examples from them.
For your references, whenever it is necessary, simply mention in parentheses (Islam Video A, B, or C) and (The Land of Bliss). If you happen to refer to your Prothero's textbook, please provide
a parenthetical citation (Prothero, p. x). In addition, please double-check your spelling, grammar, and coherence
. This will be a factor in
your grade. All your sentences should be complete.
1.
Describe the content of the three introductory videos located at the very beginning of module 7.
2.
How do these funeral practices reveal Muslim attitudes toward and beliefs about death and the afterlife?
3.
Give a summary of The Land of Bliss.
4.
How do the funeral practices you witnessed in the film The Land of Bliss
reveal Buddhist attitudes toward and beliefs about death?
5.
What are the major differences between Muslim and Buddhist funeral practices as represented in those films?
6.
Which practices seem to be more familiar to you and why?
