After reading the article “the case for contamination” by Kwame

Anthony Appiah responds to the following question:

QUESTION

: “What roles does religion play in Appiah’s analysis? Is the “contamination” Appiah is advocating good for religion, or should religions (and cultures) avoid it? Should religion remain changeless and resist any outside influences that might bring about change, or should it be open to those influences (become more “cosmopolitan”) even it means questioning or abandoning some of its traditions?

The essay should be:

(2) Include information from the class material.

Link to the article

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/magazine/01cosmo…

agewanted=all this is the whole question:

What roles does religion play in Appiah’s analysis? Is the “contamination” Appiah is advocating good for religion, or should religions (and cultures) avoid it? Should religion remain changeless and resist any outside influences that might bring about change, or should it be open to those influences (become more “cosmopolitan”) even it means questioning or abandoning some of its traditions?