sm - As mentioned in the lessons, some people think that religions emerge in conversation with cultural and religious traditions of the day. For example, Scientology emerged as somewhat of an Americanized Hinduism in conversation with science fiction; Mormonism emerged as an Americanized Christianity; and the Baha'i faith suggests that there's one underlying philosophical or ethical foundation for all religious traditions. Does syncretism happen? Give examples from the religious traditions we've studied in prior weeks and discuss what this means for the uniqueness of each individual faith tradition. Do you think there's an underlying foundation for all religions? If so, what is it? If not, why not? Religion

sm - As mentioned in the lessons, some people think that religions emerge in conversation with cultural and religious traditions of the day. For example, Scientology emerged as somewhat of an Americanized Hinduism in conversation with science fiction; Mormonism emerged as an Americanized Christianity; and the Baha'i faith suggests that there's one underlying philosophical or ethical foundation for all religious traditions. Does syncretism happen? Give examples from the religious traditions we've studied in prior weeks and discuss what this means for the uniqueness of each individual faith tradition. Do you think there's an underlying foundation for all religions? If so, what is it? If not, why not? Religion