1. For those interested in getting 5 extra credit bonus points, read this article and send me a paragraph or two in which you present your response to the article (base your response on your knowledge of the differences between the terms church, denomination, sect and cult!): "Lessons from the Al Qaeda Cult Handbook" NOTE: to answer this question successfully, you must first be familiar with Class #23, "Social Dimension: New Religious Movements."
2. Five other bonus points can be earned by sending me a few paragraphs responding to Thomas L. Friedman's "Where Freedom Reigns." Do you agree with Friedman's points or not? Why or why not?
NOTE: I will accept submissions only up to the Friday two weeks before the final exam.
