HM49, OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT I, Emmachild

NAME_______________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following question carefully.  The answer is worth a maximum of 25 points.  Your answer must be approximately one typed page.  Do not enclose the paper in any type of cover or folder, and 
return this cover page with your assignment.  NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR ANY REASON.    

DUE: TBA

NOTE: ANY ASSIGNMENT WHICH IS NOT HANDED IN DURING THE CLASS IN WHICH IT IS DUE
            MUST BE DATED AND INITIALED BY EITHER A SECRETARY OR FACULTY MEMBER TO
            SHOW THAT IT WAS HANDED IN BY THE DUE DATE.  ANY PAPER WHICH IS NOT                               INITIALED AND DATED WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.                          

A.  Interview three people** ( from three different religious traditions) asking them the following:
     1)Do you believe that god (whatever that word means to them) is either male or female, and why? 
     2)Do you  believe that women should be allowed to be clergy in all religions, and why?  
B.  Do you agree or disagree with these responses and why?  Explain your point of view very carefully and in          detail.

**DO NOT INTERVIEW ANY MEMBERS OF YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD;      IDENTIFY THE INTERVIEWEES BY GENDER, AGE AND RELIGION.