Respond in essay form to the journal assignment question below.

This journal assignment question requires self-reflection. Improve your self-reflection by integrating the material you have studied so far and applying your critical thinking skills. Your response to this question should be no less than three (3) double-spaced typewritten pages. Tell about the religious influences that have shaped your current attitude about religion. Include accounts of institutions, family influences, teachers, readings, traditions, practices, initiations, ceremonies, scriptures, and anything else that has had an effect on your interest in and attitude toward religion or a particular religion.

Evaluate the relative importance of these factors in terms of how they have shaped your support of or opposition to contemporary moral movements: peace, social justice, the environment, women's rights.