REL/133 NOTES CHAPTER 1 agnosticism: “Not know” (Greek); a position asserting that the existence of God cannot be proven. animism: From the Latin anima‚ meaning “spirit‚” “soul‚” “life force”; a worldview common among oral religions (religions with no written scriptures) that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits. atheism: “Not God” (Greek); a position asserting that there is no God or gods. deconstruction: A technique‚ pioneered by Jacques Derrida
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Narvaez & Lapsley (2009) says moral development begins at infancy and progresses into adulthood‚ during which time we ascertain the values‚ beliefs and thinking patterns that guide us to be responsible in social behavior. Moral development promotes positive qualities in character‚ personality and behavior in children. They explained having the ability to identify differences between right and wrong is a principle of moral development (Narvaez & Lapsley‚ 2009). American psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg
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Uncertainty Avoidance Masculinity / Femininity (Mas – tough‚ value of success‚ money; Fem – tender‚ personal relationship‚ care) The Chinese Value Survey – PD‚ Ind vs Col. Mas vs Fem / Confuciansim High Confucian = long-term orientation (future concern and value thrift and persistence) JAP Low Confucian = short-term orientation (past / present‚ respect for tradition and social obligation) US Schwartz’s Value Survey (1992) – Embeddendness(鑲嵌) – (life come from social relation) vs Autonomy Intellectual
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DBQ Buddhism in China Morgan Taylor When Buddhism spread from India to China many different opinions were voiced. Although many people began to gradually convert to it‚ others felt differently about the new religion. Opinions fluctuated often with some people feeling that Buddhism would be good for the society‚ to bring the people together in a time of suffering‚ and others demanding that it be shunned for corrupting the people with foreign ways. Documents 1‚2‚ 3‚ and 5 can be grouped together
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Tu Fu lived through a period of political and social unrest in China where there was warfare and constant threat of displacement. “Song of P’eng-ya” depicts an episode of running from violent rebellion. What do you think about this poem? What kind of values does this poem speak of? This poem touches the reader in a very real and very sad way. This poems main theme was about a family sticking together through very hard times and having nobody to rely on but each other. Aside from family‚ I think
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but similar‚ cultures would make sense. Kwok goes on‚ “They tried to show that biblical concepts such as "agape" were compatible to "benevolence" in Chinese classics and that the moral teachings of Jesus were comparable to the teachings of the Confucian tradition‚”(29). These are only two of the many examples of how similar these religions are. People sometimes have the idea that religious beliefs have a huge separation between peoples of different cultures‚ but in fact‚ they are most likely quite
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Confucianism Virtues in Disney’s Mulan Mulan is a 1998 Disney film based on a two-thousand year old Chinese legend of a young girl‚ Fa Mulan‚ who secretly joins the Chinese army to bring back honor to her family. In China‚ one of the main religions practiced is Confucianism. Throughout the movie underlying themes of Confucianism virtues can be seen such as; honor for family and ancestors‚ duty to one’s self and devotion to order in society.(SpiritualityPractice). There are many examples of
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relationships just because of the different ways people played and enjoyed music was hypocrisy. In contrast to the Confucian notion of ranking the relationships of kinship and blood relations‚ Mo Tzu felt that individual births were more like random events‚ and all men has a responsibility to love himself and others. Mo Tzu’s notions of universal love was not only threatening to the Confucian way of thought‚ it also threatened the very basic clan-tribal relationship early Chinese governments were formed
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CHAPTER II HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT[1] (HRD) HRD is a profession today. It has a body of knowledge and this knowledge is transferred to younger generations through management institutes in India. By now HRD is a well-recognized function in organizations. HRD has professional bodies supporting its knowledge generation‚ knowledge dissemination and capacity building in organizations. HRD has also generated consulting firms which provide exclusive HRD services for organizations in need
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Name Instructor Course Date Chinese History Assignment China 221 BCE - turning point The first Chinese Empire was formed from the unification of state of Qin with other Sates in China states in 221 BCE to establish a centralized organization of government. The founding of the Qin dynasty not only brought the unification of the China but also redefined China as a country. Before the Qin dynasty‚ China was under based on clan ties and lineage but transformed into a centralized government in 221
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