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Essay Instructions: Develop the cosmology that exists in Islam and specifically how it has been affected by Sufism. Use the following material as sources others are also fine. No internet sources.


An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism by Henry Corbin
The Kalam Cosmological Argument by William Lane Craig

Essay Instructions: "what implications or relevance or significance do our current best theories in Physics and Cosmology have for our understanding of our lives and our place in the world (or the universe)? In particular, what do our best theories in physics and cosmology (relativity theory, quantum theory, and big bang cosmology) imply about the nature of the physical world and about the nature of our selves?" (In answering this question, you may want to suppose some specific interpretation of quantum theory is more or less right. If so, say which one.)

In attempting to answer this question, you may want to address the following as well:

"why should anyone who is not a physicists or cosmologists care about what these sciences have to tell us? Do these sciences have anything significant to tell us? What?

Essay Instructions: Analysis Paper

Purpose: To more deeply explore and identify the meaningful patterns within Dine cosmology

Assignment Criteria: 3-4 pages, 12 pt Times New Roman font. Please cite your sources within your paper and in an additional source page

Instructions: Dine people view components of the world as replicas of a larger universal pattern of understanding. This concept is often referred to as homology by Schwarz (Supplemental Reading). In your analysis paper describe the repeating cosmological patterns in Navajoland, and lookk for examples of homology. Please include the concepts below.

1. the five elements
2. directionality
3. the number four
4. creation or emergence accounts
5. Maleness and femaleness


Research Methodology: Your analysis paper should be rooted in the readings and media clips on the Dine and may require some additional research. If you draw from additional sources, please cite them.

Essay Instructions: I need a paper answering the question is Genesis in the Bible correct according to Cosmology. This is for my intro to Astronomy class so please keep it simple.