Religion in America

1) Write a 150-300 word summary analysis for Each of your two selected National Religion databases. The analysis should cover the type of data on the site, an example of statistical data from the site, and a statement of how the database will be useful in the study of the sociology of religion.

RELEVANT WORLDWIDE WEBSITES

I have chosen:

The Hartford Institute for Religion Research at the Hartford Seminary: www.hirr.hartsem.edu/:This site covers research in areas such as women and religion, church growth and decline, religion and the family, religion, and the Web, plus more.

Churches for Middle East Peace: www.cmep.org/

Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute: http://www.csbsju.edu/isti/

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance page on religious violence: http://www.religioustolerance.org/relviol.htm

The Pew Forum on Religion in Public Life: www.pewforum.org

The purpose of the assignment is to develop the skill to access and use National Religion Databases. You will analyze various databases and will use your findings in this assignment as a tool for other assignments in this course.

Assignment Description: The assignment is to do a computer search of National Religion Databases. Discover and list four database sites and then select two that you will review.

Steps to Follow:

1) Read the section at the end of each chapter of your textbook, RELEVANT WORLD WIDE WEB SITES and/or perform an internet search for other national religion databases.

2) After reviewing a number of websites such as www.aarweb.org or the Pew foundation website, list four of the national religion database websites you investigated. You do not need to provide a parenthetical citation for each website. Just listing them is sufficient.

3) Select two websites from your list above and analyze them.

4) Write a 150-300 word summary analysis for each of your two selected National Religion databases. The analysis should cover the type of data on the site, an example of statistical data from the site, and a statement of how the database will be useful in the study of the sociology of religion.

REQUIREMENTS:

POSSIBLE

ACTUAL

Instructions:

Access the “Religion in America Databases” document and complete it.

This assignment uses a Scoring Guide. Please review the Scoring Guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

1) List four of the national religion database websites you investigated.

2) Select two websites from your list above and analyze them:

Write a 150-300-word summary analysis for each of your two selected National Religion databases. The analysis should cover the type of data on the site, an example of statistical data from the site, and a statement of how the database will be useful in the study of the sociology of religion.

100

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

TOTAL

150