2016 Physics 280 Extra-Credit Essay Opportunity D (ECEO-D)

Attend the talk "ISIS and the Global Rise of Religious Rebellions" by Mark Juergensmeyer  on 4/28/16 in the Spurlock Museum Auditorium from 4:00-5:00pm. In order for us to be able to accept and grade your essay, you must sign the special sign-in sheet that will be at the back of the seminar room. After attending this event, you must submit a report that answers the prompt stated below. You will submit only one version (extra-credit essays are not revised).

Your essay must be between 1.5 and 2 pages in length.

Compose a three-paragraph essay which discusses the following topics: 

[a] Describe the speakers findings derived from interviewing ISIS refugees in Iraq. 

[b] Discus the speaker's views on  the relations between culture, values, religion and the motivation for violent resistance to the spread of democratic values and religious tolerance?

[c] How does the speaker evaluate the prospects for ISIS' future?