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Week 1: Wikipedia essentials

 * Overview of the course and how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Reading: Editing Wikipedia and Evaluating Wikipedia
 * Optional:
 * Check MyEd for training for Wikipedia editing
 * Watch video Wikipedia guidelines and policies (10min)
 * Watch video Wikipedia Editing (25min)


 * Assignments (due Week 2)
 * Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Create a User page, and click the "enroll" button on the top left of this course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page (see Using Talk Pages). It is highly recommended that you enable the VisualEditor.

Week 2: Exploring the topic area

 * Pick a topic from the course handbook that you wish to explore further and confirm with the course manager. Only one student can pick a given topic.
 * For each topic, identify a Wikipedia article you would like to write (see suggestions below). It would be easier to write a new article, but you can also improve on an existing article. Speak to the course manager if you wish to do the latter.
 * Reading: Choosing an article and How to get help


 * Assignments (due Week 3)
 * Select an article to work on and add your article to the class’s course page.

Weeks 3-X: Begin writing article

 * Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.
 * Begin by writing a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox. Expand as you go along, aiming at a minimum of 3 references and 1,000 words.
 * Reading: Citing sources on Wikipedia and Avoiding plagiarism on Wikipedia
 * Attend training

Week X: Moving articles to the main space

 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article and move sandbox article into main space.
 * Students give in-class presentations related to their Wikipedia article.
 * Reading: Moving out of your sandbox

Week 3 (Oct 2): The Construction of Religion

 * Coconut theology

Week 4 (Oct 9): Multiple Religious Belonging

 * Cross-textual hermeneutics

Week 5 (Oct 16): Postcolonialism

 * Postcolonial theology
 * Postcolonial biblical criticism

Week 6 (Oct 23): Women Missionaries: Development, Agency, and Challenges

 * Bible woman

Week 7 (Oct 30): Religion, Violence, and Reconciliation

 * Reconciliation theology in Northern Ireland
 * Reunification theology
 * Ubuntu theology

Week 8 (Nov 6): Peacebuilding and Visual Arts

 * Creative peacebuilding (visual arts)

Week 9 (Nov 13): Christianity in an Age of Migration

 * Reverse missions
 * Theology of migration

Week 11 (Nov 27): Christianity and Politics

 * Kairos Palestine document
 * Political theology in China
 * Public theology (page exists but redirects to Political theology)