category is manifested in my social environment. Ten Religions, Eight Facets Out of the multitude of religions practiced around the world, our course (REL 212) offered studies in ten religions: 1. Hinduism 2. Jainism 3. Buddhism 4. Daoism 5. Confucianism 6. Shinto 7. Judaism 8. Christianity 9. Islam 10. Sikhism We analyzed these ten religions using eight characteristics: 1. Cosmogony (Origin of the Universe) 2. Nature of God 3. View of Human Nature 4. View of Good
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The ultimate goal of Jainism the release of the self from rebirth, which is achieved through the elimination of accumulated karma. This occurs through both the disciplined cultivation of knowledge and control of bodily passions. When the passions have been overcome and all karma has been removed, one becomes a "conqueror", and is no longer subject to rebirth. Jainism believes in complex universe containing both heavens and hells and an infinite soul. Movement through these levels of the universe
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Republic of China (Taiwan), Japan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Republic of Korea (South Korea), and Mongolia (Wikipedia 2007). Oriental Ideologies These are the main ideologies connected with Asia: Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism/Daoism. Others comprise of Shinto and Zen (Eastern Buddhism). Over 93% of Taiwanese are
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Daoism is a philosophical, ethical or religious tradition of Chinese origin that emphasizes living in harmony with the Dao. Daoism teaches that human nature and should understand change as part of everything, it’s practiced as a religion in various Asian communities, it’s theology is not theist, and has more affinities with pantheistic traditions given its philosophical emphasis on the formlessness of the Dao. Daoism drew its cosmological notions from the tenets of the School of Yin Yang (Yin is
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The appearance of sacred reality in human form is called incarnation The rare quality of personal magnetism often ascribed to founders of religion is charisma Those who claim they worship the only true deity are known as exclusivists The psychologist Carl Jung proposed that the reason there are similarities among symbols in different cultures is because humanity has a collective unconscious from which it draws symbols Scientific materialism asserts that only the material world exists The Gaia
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teaching, there is a lot of physical evidence of the body of texts that survived that is now used as a guide and reference for studies. It was a major shift in human thinking and saw a development of multiple new religions, such as Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. Religious thinking was changed during the Axial Age, focusing on explanations of how the universe
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Name Professor Course Date Ethics Ethics is a general term used to stress on the character role and the moral philosophy instead of people just acting so that they can bring real consequences. Aristotle is the father of the virtue ethics, and he concluded that the people who have ideal character traits were virtuous. However, once these characters are established, they need to be nurtured so that they can become stable
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worship. • Explain the origins of Hinduism. Week Four: Buddhism • Explain the origins of Buddhism. • Describe Buddhism’s theological foundations and spiritual practices. Week Five: Daoism, Confucianism, and Judaism • Compare and contrast the theological foundations and spiritual practices of Daoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. • Explain the origins of Judaism. • Describe Judaism’s theological foundations and spiritual practices. Week Six: Christianity and Islam • Explain the origins
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WORLD RELIGIONS – REL 212 World Religions | | | HINDUISM & JAINISMWEEK 2 | | Cosmogony - Origin of the Universe | Hinduism: Brahma: Birth of the universe, Vishnu life of the universe, Shiva: Destruction of the universe.P.87,89Jainism-Universe has no beginning or end has no creator or destroyer. P.124 | Nature of God/Creator | Hinduism: Cycles, Brahman the supreme spirit.Jainism: God is not the creator, no such thing as a heavenly father. Do not believe in Gods and demons. P.124 |
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Unit 10 Assignment 1-Comparing Eastern & Western Religions HUM3300 Global Multiculturalism & Religions Capella University Professor John Benson Antoinette Leidy September 11, 2013 Metanarrative- Eastern Religions can draw some common threads in both the Myths of Nature and the Myths of Harmony. The Myths of Nature center from those religions coming out of India where as the Myths of Harmony would be more China based. The idea is that our souls come from a home or a place of paradise
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