INSTRUCTIONS:

The purpose of this assignment is to compare the

relationship between the main characters in 

Enemy 

Mine

to the Church’s efforts at interreligious dialogue and the precepts of ecumenism we have gone 

over in class.

With that in mind, please answer the 

essay questions found on the corresponding Answer sheet.

You will find the complete text of the relevant 

Church documents here:

N

OSTRA 

Æ

TATE

:

http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat

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ii_decl_1

9651028_nostra

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aetate_en.html

U

NITATIS 

R

EDINTEGRATIO

:

http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat

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ii_decree_19641121_unitatis

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redintegratio_en.html

Do not summarize 

unless you need to do so to make a point.  (I have read 

Enemy Mine

.  Many times.)

FORMATTING:

Calibri 11pt; 

double

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spacing; 2 ENTIRE pages (minimum and maximum).

Use in

–

text citations for all sacred texts (Book Chapter: Verse; e.g. Jb 38: 4), and Chicago Manual of Style 

for all other texts (footnotes and bibliography).

Files should be .doc or .docx; .pdf only if

uploading to Canvas.  No .pages files.

Use universal language (e.g. “humankind” not “mankind”).

BIBLIOGRAPHIC

INFORMATION:

(Use for citations and bibliography)

This  is  one  of  the  required  texts  for  this  course.    Please  see  syllabus  or  Course  Guide  for 

further 

information.

Enemy Mine Answer Sheet

Name:

1.

   Relate the religious practice of ecumenism to the overall story.

2.

   Compare Jeriba and Davidge’s relationship as the story opens to relationships between humans who 

hail  from  different  religious  faiths.    What  factors  might  decide  whether  such  relationships  are 

harmonious or antagonistic?

3.

   Mention a favorite scene in the story that showcases reconciliation and/or an attempt by any of the 

characters to better understand each other.  Do you think something similar can (or should) occur to 

reconcile the faiths of the world?

4.

   If this assignment were a research paper would you base your research on 

Nostra Ætate

or 

Unitatis 

Redintegratio,

or both?  Why?