Author Archives: Paige

Last week when we did the reading for Elvis Pilgrimage, I was a little unsure about it.  I know who Elvis is, but I was a little unsure about how this was a pilgrimage and how some people believed it … Continue reading →

We talked about this a couple of classes ago but I found this to be an interesting and difficult pilgrimage to understand all at the same time.  We had talked about all of these different pilgrimages and how men and … Continue reading →

A couple of classes we talked about another pilgrimage known as the pilgrimage to Varanasi or Benares.  This type of pilgrimage takes place in India along the Ganges River.  Like all of the other pilgrimages we have learned about, this … Continue reading →

Watching the Ganges Pilgrimage yesterday in class gave me a new way to look at what another type of pilgrimage can be like.  We have read, learned, and even walked through a pilgrimage on our own but the Ganges Pilgrimage … Continue reading →

Today in class we started talking about Non-Western Religions, or Eastern Religions.  Like Western Religions, I didn’t know anything about Non-Western Religions so going into today I was excited to learn about Non-Western Religions.  The first major topic we learned … Continue reading →

On Tuesday we talked about the Islam religion.  Like Judaism, I didn’t really know much about the religion when we began talking about it.  We learned the five misconceptions of the Islam religion.  The first major misconception I learned from … Continue reading →

Tuesday in class we started talking about Judaism.  Many of us knew nothing about Judaism so we started from the basics.  I liked being able to learn all the basics and not have known any knowledge about it before.  Looking … Continue reading →

After finishing the book, Unlikely Disciple, and having class discussion about it the last two class periods, I have come to the understanding of how pilgrimage has fit into this book.  At first when we started talking about the two … Continue reading →

Yesterday in class I really liked learning about the center of the universe and the axis mundi.  When putting people’s beliefs into terms like that, for me it is a much easier understand and I can picture what the author … Continue reading →

When I thought about religion before I started this class, the definition I thought of was beliefs and worshiping a higher power.  I thought that was a pretty good definition, until Jessica put into perspective about how her worshipping the … Continue reading →