Learning Response week 4 (1)

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Learning Response week 4 Prompt 1: Choose one learning objective outlined at the beginning of this lesson and briefly describe how the lesson material fulfilled it. The learning objective “How can popular culture activities look like and act like religion?” is thoroughly explained throughout the lesson material as us the readers are made aware about the connection sports and religion share. Sports is the biggest popular culture activity around the world as sports are universal. Throughout our society, whether it be here in the West or across the globe, sports unites communities. Similarly religion does the same thing, it unites communities. In the lesson “Sports Can Function Like Religion,” it is said that Emile Durkehim, a french sociologist, founded his theory of religion on the notion that a community's religious shared values (Lesson 4, “Sports Can Function Like Religion”). We also see in Lesson 4 how David Chidester describes baseball by saying that it “operates in American culture like a church” (Lesson 4, “The Church of Baseball”). The learning objective is outlined throughout the lesson through examples of different sports being treated like religion such as Baseball and by providing connections that sports and religion share with one another such as binding communities. Prompt 2: Succinctly summarize the main argument of one reading assigned this week Reading: RPCA, Price, Ch14, “The ‘Godding Up’ of American Sports” Summary: Joseph L. Price's article "The 'Godding Up' of American Sports" examines the growing tendency of religious components into the world of American sports and emphasizes the fusion of spirituality and sports culture. In his analysis of the intricate interplay between religious practices and the secular world of competitive sports in the US, Price looks at how religious imagery, rituals, and demonstrations of faith have evolved into essential components of sporting events. Prompt 3: Create 1 “multiple choice + written” question based on any lesson material assigned this week. What opportunity does sports provide athletes? a. Self-improvement b. Fame c. Physical improvement d. Mental improvement
The letter of the correct answer is: A Follow-up question: How is sports seen as a religion in the eyes of sports fans? Answer: Sports appear to be like religion for sports fans because it is an organized event and because of its significance to society across the globe just like religion. (Lesson 4, Sports as an Allegory For Religion)
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