Reminiscent of the pain I'm facing in teaching Intro to World Religions next year. My general take, I think, is that we're going to learn about each of the Big Five, and then I'm going to require the final paper be on a religious movement that is either not a part of or considered a 'fringe' movement to the Big Five.

But you should TOTALLY do the Mesopotamians! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAMRTGv82Zo)