Explains the beliefs that all of the Abrahamic religions

Expert Case Activity 7: The Speech Writer’s Challenge

Do Not exceed 400 words

The Situation:

You did such a great job conveying the many benefits of majoring in world religions to potential students, that your college put you to work doing the same for other less popular majors such as philosophy, art, history, and drama. Your work was so brilliant tht philosophy majors began to outnumber supply chain management majors. The college’s administration awarded you a certificate of merit and $50 gift card redeemable at a major retail store Just when you thought life could not ge much better, a localpolitician on the rise became aware of your work and hired you to join her speechwriting staff. The next year she was elected to congress, where she is now, and you are in the inner circle of influential staff.

(the setting here is the United States, but the same basic point would apply to the government of many other countries). Your congressperson is on a committee that deals with international diplomacy and foreign affairs, and she is a rising star in a populist movement commonly known as the Coffee Party. However, until recently, her perspective was limited to the region of the United states in which she grew up To burnish her credentials as a leader of worldwide caliber, she has decided to give a series of visionary speeches at several venues around the world. The most difficult speech will take place in a region in which the overwhelming majority of the population practice n Abrahamic religion. The tricky part is that some are Jews, some are Christians ( several denominations), and some are Sunni Muslims. Moreover, your congressperson is familiar only with the local Methodist church she attended in her home neighborhood. She needs help to prepare for this big speech.

Your task:

1. Write the part of the speech that explains the beliefs that all of the Abrahamic religions have in common. Be sure that the similarities you choose are true only of the Abrahamic religions. For example, you would not talk abour “prayer” as a common characteristic because prayer is part of other religion too, not only the Abrahamic religions;

2. In the course of doing #1 above, identify 5 characteristics that are true only for Abrahamic religions and explain them briefly; and

3. write so that your wording is speech-like. In other words, write as if you were talking to the mixed religious audience described above and choose your words so that you help promote good relations and peaceful coexistence by stressing what everyone has in common.

The idea is that your congressperson should be able to paste your paragraphs into her speech as is or with oly minor tweaking. And because the speaker does not wish o bore her audience, be sure your text is between 300 and 400 words.