The essay should include a detailed knowledge and sound understanding of the beliefs of the relevant world faiths. Differences between denominations or subgroups within each major world faith must be mentioned there must be clear evidience of background reading and research An ability to critically analyse and not merely describe the beliefs and practices of the world religions (e.g. comparing and contrasting the views of different religions) Engagement with the views of commentators of different standpoints An ability to write in clear, fluent and accurate written English (mistakes in spelling, grammar, punctation, referencing or structure will bring down the mark of your essay) The ability to organise written work and construct coherent arguements Reference must be made from the following: Colledge, R. (2000) Mastering World Religions, Baingstoke: MacMillian Hewer, C. (2006) Understanding Islam: The First Ten Steps, London: SCM Markham, I. (1999) A World Religions Reader, Oxford: Blackwell Owen Cole, W. (ed.) (1996) Six World Faiths, London: Cassell Prebish, C.S. and Keown, D. (2006) Introducing Buddhism, London: Routledge Robinsion, T. (2006) World Religions, London: SCM press Saeed, A. (2006) Islamis Thought: An Introduction, London : Routledge Sanharakshita (2006) Eternal Legacy : An Introduction to the Canonical Literature of Buddhism, Birmingham: Windhorse Publications Smart, N. (1993) The World''s Religions, Cambridge: CUP Waines, D. (2003) An Introduction to Islam, Cambridge: CUP Williams, P. (2000) Buddhist Thought, London: Routledge After each paragraph you must reference where the information came from: (Author, date of publication and page number of the book used. Also you must use quotes and again reference after you use a quote and state where it came from. (Author, date of publication and page number of the book used. Same rule applies to anyother source you use.