An Introduction to World Religions

An Introduction to World Religions

2011-11-072011-11-07

Slide 3.

2011-11-07 Agenda2011-11-07 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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RefworksRefworks

1. http://library.stfx.ca2. Favourites: RefWorks3. Login/Create a New Account

• note the group code RWStFrXaU4. Sign up for a New Account, then login• Create an item manually

• Example: Babb, Lawrence A., “Jainism.” Pages 168-169 in volume 4 of International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2nd ed. Edited by William A. Darity, Jr. Detroit: MacMillan Reference USA, 2008.

• Get references from the Library website• Example: Karma in Jainism

• Next Time: Write-N-Cite plugin for MS Word

Slide 6.

ZoteroZotero

1. http://www.zotero.org/2. Download Now3. Zotero for Firefox• Create an item manually• Example: Babb, Lawrence A., “Jainism.” Pages 168-

169 in volume 4 of International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2nd ed. Edited by William A. Darity, Jr. Detroit: MacMillan Reference USA, 2008.

• Get references from the Library website• Example: Karma in Buddhism

• Next Time: Zotero plugin for MS Word

Slide 10.

Chinese ReligionChinese Religion

Slides 9-17• Which concepts from Ancient Chinese

Religion were taken up by Confucianism, Daoism, and Chinese Buddhism?

Slide 11.

ConfucianismConfucianism

Slides 3-12Compare 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?

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For HomeworkFor Homework• For Tuesday, 1:15

• 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 189-202) in Living Religions, and write the quiz on Moodle