This assignment requires analyzing a chosen video using Durkheim’s theory of religion and discussing whether the people in the video had a genuine religious experience and if the religious entrepreneurs were successful in starting a new religion.

Watch the video of your choice from the list below. After viewing the show, write a 2-3 page double spaced paper in which you analyze the video and answer the following questions:
Use Durkheim’s theory of religion to analyze the religious experience of the people in the video.
In your opinion, did the people in the video have a genuine religious experience?
In your opinion, did these religious entrepreneurs succeed in their goal of starting a genuine, new religion?
Video on Wicca:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wiccaLinks to an external site.
Video on Atheism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1t-WEk0DOkLinks to an external site.
Video on Jedi Religion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emPkkwf-a3YLinks to an external site.
Trigger Warning with Killer Mike: Netflix
(The show in this assignment contains graphic language and brief nudity. Therefore, if you want to use a different show for your analysis, that is fine with me, but it must be approved by me prior to beginning your paper. Additionally, if you do not have access to Netflix please see me so that we can work something out right away).
Meet The Real Jedi Who Devote Their Lives to The Force [INSIGHTS] (youtube.com)
The godless church and the atheists taking the US by storm (youtube.com)
What is Wicca? (youtube.com)

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