PG. 121 #1-4

A. After reading the introductory section of the article "Christian Student Perceptions of Body Tattoos: A Qualitative Analysis" I was able to understand that the author was possibly writing this article to allow others to have more open mind to tattoos and religions and to try to believe that not all tattoos are made under rash decisions, but most are actually well thought out and tend have some sort of biblical reference or reference to a higher power of some type. The author, in which is writing this to correct a misconception, or so that's what it appears to be.

B. The keywords that are related to my own research topic in this article (,it does not have an index or a table of context being an Internet source,) are:

• Christian
• Body tattoos
• Bible

The author focuses on how tattooing has been throughout history. A case study is included with the article which talks about the different areas that were focused on and one of them is the biblical understanding of tattoos, some others are the design significance and friend and family influences. The themes are present in this article that I will use in my paper and even to conduct research is primarily the biblical understanding of tattoos, I also may add some points on there significance throughout history, but in a different standing then the author of this article does.

C. The references in this article that are cited at then out of all of them the ones that I believe would be of use to me in my research and that I will consider looking into are:

• Heinrichsm K. (1999, May 24). Tattoos no longer taboo? Christianity Today, 43(6), 17.
• Watkins, T. (2007). Dial-the-Truth Ministries. To tattoo or not to tattoo: A Christian response to the tattoo. from http://www.av1611.org/tattoos/imtro.html

No, certain sources do not appear to be more important than others in the works cited/references on the article.

D. Yes, this article is relevant to my own topic, which is body modification and early religious/christian belief. I however do not if this article goes with my thesis statement considering that I do not have a working thesis thought out yet. Even so, the article does go along with my topic and issue that I will be writing about.