This is not a reference list or works cited attachment that you might include in an essay. Instead, this is a preparatory research document. Its express purpose is to find suitably rigorous, topical, usable articles and books to prepare for the writing of a book or essay. The format is similar to an essay’s reference list, but it differs in several significant ways.

***For this assignment, you must only cite scholarly philosophical works***

The American Psychological Association (APA) created a formal guide for exactly how to format your bibliography so that it is useful to a reader who wants to follow your line of reasoning. This is extremely important in academic work because it shows that you performed your due diligence and proper research before setting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard as the case may be). Annotations to a bibliography are short summaries of the content of the work. For this assignment, you are specifically showing me that you actually read the article, book chapter, or whatever else by doing these summaries. Each annotation needs to be long enough to convey confidence that you know what’s going on; about 100 words or so should do it.

Your bibliography must include 5 citations and their associated annotations. Each combined citation/annotation entry is worth 20 points. These points are based on your proper formatting of the citation, inclusion of all necessary elements, proper selection of a scholarly work, and reasonable and understandable annotation write-up.

There are strictly four parts to every bibliographic entry, though each of these can be broken down further. Still, if you remember these four elements, you won’t have much trouble and you will always be pretty close.

The specific topic of your research paper is up to you! Nevertheless, your topic must relate to the broader issue of global sustainability. The Research Paper must be at least 5 pages in length, not including a title page (optional) and a page of references. A minimum of three references, one of which is not online, must be used as sources, and must be listed on the reference page. References should be listed in APA format, and any quote must be properly attributed. Again, students should use double-space line spacing, normal 1 inch margins, and 11 or 12 point type in an easy-to-read font (e.g. Calibri, Arial, Cambria or Times New Roman). Papers should demonstrate the student’s ability to write in proper grammatical sentences and use proper paragraph structure. Be sure to include your name on the paper itself and also be sure to number your pages!

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Please see the attachment for materials. It’s two page long as the previous one you work on.

Which details does Prothero shares about atheism to justify the inclusion of a chapter on atheism in his text? In your opinion, what might be some of the benefits of including Atheism in our study of religion? Disadvantages? If we include atheism in our study of religion, does that somehow change our definition of religion, why or why not?