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Lastly, I noticed myself thinking about religion and spirituality with regard to almost every single thing we read. Maybe it had to do with the fact that it was Easter this past weekend or maybe that was just a fun coincidence! Either way, I fixated on religion quite a bit and probably had a better time than I should have thinking about the various ways the authors and texts treated religion and spirituality. Both Rivera and Am\u00e9rico Paredes seemed to have a more cynical view of religion than some of the other authors we\u2019ve read in the past few weeks, such as Sandra Cisneros and Jovita Gonzalez. The authors presented both traditional Catholicism along with spirituality not based on religion (i.e. curanderismo in Bless Me Ultima<\/em> [we watched the movie]). Although I found the authors\u2019 portrayals of Catholicism interesting (thank you to my roommate who is always willing to answer any questions I have about Catholicism!), I was more intrigued by depictions of spirituality, probably in part because it is something I am less familiar with. I thought the way of interacting with the world and forming an intimate connection with the earth and those around them really stood out in the texts and movie. We also went to the Fine Arts Center to look at devotional art on Friday, which gave us another perspective on religion and spirituality. I thought the art pieces we looked at and the activities we participated in while at the center reinforced what we\u2019ve read. Seeing the themes replicated in a different medium and across several hundred years was powerful indeed!<\/p>\n On a note not really related to this class, I was recently informed that in my first post I erroneously wrote \u201cblogging world,\u201d when I should have said \u201cblogosphere,\u201d so my apologies for that! The same person also pointed out several writing errors (or at the very least slightly sloppy instances of writing that I should probably avoid), so I apologize in advance for any further \u201cmistakes\u201d in any of my posts! In my defense, blogging is fairly informal and I haven\u2019t had any glaring errors to really embarrass me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Now that we\u2019re at the end of our second week and more or less halfway through the class, people are beginning to feel more comfortable with each other and the course material, which means that we\u2019re able to have deeper conversations with participation from a greater number of people! Yay! I\u2019m really looking forward to … <\/p>\n