Throughout this semester, I have learned a lot of new things regarding both my own religion and other religions. I have learned that out of Abraham came both Judaism/Christianity and Islam. I have found all of it interesting and some of it hard to understand. Some of the information has pushed me to think different ways and some of it has secured my own beliefs. It is always interesting to learn more about something I have only heard things about.
Because of this class, I feel like I have a solid definition of what a pilgrimage is and also how to consider something a religion. Prior to this class, I did not think anyone did pilgrimages anymore, and I learned that there is a pilgrimage for my own personal faith. I feel like I could explain to anyone what the Turner model represents and also what Eliade believed. This class has opened my eyes to other views and religions, and I plan to use this knowledge in years to come. I also plan to make a pilgrimage someday for my own faith, and now I will know what I need to do to make it a pilgrimage.
I agree with Sarah that throughout the semester I have learned many things. The concept of pilgrimages became very simple to me and I now know about different religious pilgrimages. I learned the basic definitions of what a religion actually is. This class was very interesting to me and I learned a lot.
We have learned a lot about we information people have only measly heard about. Before this class I didn’t have a basic definition of what religion was. It was kinda hard to grasp some of those basic definitions.