Enemy Mine Answer 4 Quetion. INSTRUCTIONS:
The purpose of this assignment is to compare the
relationship between the main characters in
Enemy
Mine
to the Church’s efforts at interreligious dialogue and the precepts of ecumenism we have gone
over in class.
With that in mind, please answer the
essay questions found on the corresponding Answer sheet.
You will find the complete text of the relevant
Church documents here:
N
OSTRA
Æ
TATE
:
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat
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ii_decl_1
9651028_nostra
–
aetate_en.html
U
NITATIS
R
EDINTEGRATIO
:
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat
–
ii_decree_19641121_unitatis
–
redintegratio_en.html
Do not summarize
unless you need to do so to make a point. (I have read
Enemy Mine
. Many times.)
FORMATTING:
Calibri 11pt;
double
–
spacing; 2 ENTIRE pages (minimum and maximum).
Use in
–
text citations for all sacred texts (Book Chapter: Verse; e.g. Jb 38: 4), and Chicago Manual of Style
for all other texts (footnotes and bibliography).
Files should be .doc or .docx; .pdf only if
uploading to Canvas. No .pages files.
Use universal language (e.g. “humankind” not “mankind”).
BIBLIOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION:
(Use for citations and bibliography)
This is one of the required texts for this course. Please see syllabus or Course Guide for
further
information.
Enemy Mine Answer Sheet
Name:
1.
Relate the religious practice of ecumenism to the overall story.
2.
Compare Jeriba and Davidge’s relationship as the story opens to relationships between humans who
hail from different religious faiths. What factors might decide whether such relationships are
harmonious or antagonistic?
3.
Mention a favorite scene in the story that showcases reconciliation and/or an attempt by any of the
characters to better understand each other. Do you think something similar can (or should) occur to
reconcile the faiths of the world?
4.
If this assignment were a research paper would you base your research on
Nostra Ætate
or
Unitatis
Redintegratio,
or both? Why?
