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Any Interest in This?

Today I was thinking about reading challenges for 2010.  I have had a great response to the November Novella Challenge, and will probably host it again next year (seriously, that’s like 362 days away though).  So, I was thinking about perhaps hosting a challenge that had to do with my interests and will include books on things that I’m interested in.

As a lot of you know, besides English, I also majored in Comparative Religion in college.  So, I thought of creating a World Religions Reading Challenge.

This would probably have three levels.  There are five major world religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism). However, if you want to get really technical, there are only three, because to be Jewish or Hindu you have to be born into it (of course you *can* convert, but these religions do not actively try to expand their numbers).  So, there’s two levels right there.  Then maybe a third levels, where you might add books about say, Shintoism, Ancient Norse mythology, or atheism.  Or perhaps a book that finds cross-cultural similarities or explores the roots of more than one religion.  Or, if say, you read a book about the Catholic Church, you might then read one about Southern Baptists or something like that.

You could read fiction or nonfiction for this.  Also, Holy Texts would be accepted (of course!).  

That’s my idea.  But what I want to know from YOU is if anybody out there besides me would like to participate.  I mean, reading that many books about religion might be boring for some people.  But for me, that’s a big chunk of my TBR!  Leave me a comment if you have any interest, or have any suggestions or questions, and if there is sufficient interest, then I’ll do it, starting probably in Dec, Jan, or Feb, and it will go probably 1 year.

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