a 12- to 15-slide presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint or another presentation format that addresses the following questions. Use bullet points and images or graphics to illustrate your main points.

• What is essential in the practices and beliefs for a tradition to be called a religion? Illustrate your points by referring to the commonalities of at least 2 religions.
• What is the history and origin/catalyst of each of the 2 religions you chose?
• How do religions evolve and spread?
• What does practicing religion provide to its followers? Provide at least 2 examples.
• What are some contemporary challenges and issues facing various religions? Provide at least 2 examples.

Use our required textbook as your only source aside from some content about the two religions you choose to use as examples.

When researching outside our textbook, please use only the following approved sources: Links your instructor supplies in class, the university's library, Harvard University's Pluralism Project (Pluralism.org), Patheos dot com, and the BBC's world religions archive.https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/

Presentyour presentation according to your course offering:

• Online and directed-study students: Write detailed speaker notes for each slide of your presentation. Please put speakers notes on several otherwise blank slides at the end of your presentation. Otherwise, I will not be able to see them.