The Pluralism Project at Harvard University

•  Discussion of project goals

•  Record preconceptions, expectations for this project

•  Background discussion of the kind of preparation work you did

•  Include a background introduction to your project.

•  Secondary research should be included here

•  Generate a thoughtful discussion about how your project relates to pluralism

•  Log of progress

•  Include the questions that you asked in an appendix

•  Record data: observations and information from your visits or research

•  Describe the community

•  Reflect on your observations and research.

•  Relate your reflections back to your initial expectations

•  Provide details, anecdotes, exciting encounters

•  Set your observations in a wider context of the religious tradition or community of which it is a part

•  Use your own voice and be careful to avoid large, sweeping generalizations

•  Raise interesting questions for future scholars to explore

•  Please provide a detailed account of what kinds of things you did to research your project

•  Pictures and captions if relevant to your project

•  Any other information that might be relevant for me to know about what you have accomplished with this project

•  Evidence that you have indeed added and developed your rough draft into a final project

•  Grammar/syntax is excellent and typos are eliminated from draft forms

•  Includes proper documentation format when necessary

•  A formal bibliography that includes all contacts, books, articles and sources

•  Use Chicago style format

•  Written permission from anyone interviewed to use their comments in your paper for possible use with upcoming pluralism project work