1. An Introduction to World Religions

2. 2011-11-07 Agenda Attendance :15 Administrativa: Refworks and Zotero
:25 Ancient Chinese Religion
:45 Confucius
:54 video with focus questions
:04 Homework for Next Time

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Example: Babb, Lawrence A., “Jainism.” Pages in volume 4 of International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2nd ed. Edited by William A. Darity, Jr. Detroit: MacMillan Reference USA, 2008.
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Example: Karma in Jainism
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Example: Babb, Lawrence A., “Jainism.” Pages in volume 4 of International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2nd ed. Edited by William A. Darity, Jr. Detroit: MacMillan Reference USA, 2008.
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Example: Karma in Buddhism
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5. Chinese Religion Slides 9-17
Which concepts from Ancient Chinese Religion were taken up by Confucianism, Daoism, and Chinese Buddhism?

6. Confucianism
Slides 3-12
Compare what we know of the life of Master Kong (Confucius) with what we know of the life of Siddharta Gautama (the Buddha)
What are the “five relationships” of Confucius, and what do they illustrate about what Confucius thought was important?

7. For Homework For Tuesday, 1:15 For Thursday, 12:15 For Monday, 11:15
Read Analects books 2, 4-5, 7, 9 & 11.
Note what Confucius does not talk about & does talk about
What does Confucius say that makes people think he’s not religious?
What does he care about instead?
For Thursday, 12:15
Read Mencius and Xunzi (on Moodle)
For Monday, 11:15
Read “Daoism" (pages ) in Living Religions, and write the quiz on Moodle