Confucianism: Basic Concepts

Confucius Confucianism started with Confucius (551-479 BCE) who lived in ancient China. In Chinese, Confucius is called Kongfuzi or Kongzi. Here are five key facts about Confucius: Problem of his day was social anarchy His goal was to reform society Worked as a government official but grew frustrated and left Traveled and taught lessons from … Read more

Sikhism: Basic Concepts

[In the next few posts, I’ll give an overview of the major religions we’re studying in class. These notes are a highly condensed version of the information in our textbook: Brodd, Jeffrey. World Religions, A Voyage Of Discovery] Guru Nanak The founder of Sikhism is Guru Nanak (1469-1539) who was born in present-day Pakistan. (A Guru is … Read more

Jainism: Basic Concepts

[In the next few posts, I’ll give an overview of the major religions we studied in class. These notes are a highly condensed version of the information in our textbook: Brodd, Jeffrey. World Religions, A Voyage Of Discovery] Tirthankaras: the 24 Conquerors The name Jainism comes from jina which means “conqueror.” Those who have spiritually conquered in … Read more

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