RELIGIONS IN CHINA AND INDIA There are many different religions in both China and India. The most popular religions in China are ancient Confucianism and Taoism‚ Buddhism‚ Islam‚ Protestant‚ Catholic‚ and a new form of religion Falun Gong. India has many religions that are different or the same as the Chinese. Indian religions include: Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism‚ and Jainism. There are also many people from China that do not follow a religion because of its communist
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1. Explain Weber’s verstehende sociological method and its relationship to methodological individualism. “Probably the most famous aspect of Weber’s thought that reflects the idealist tradition is his emphasis on versehen (subjective understanding) as a method of gaining valid insight into the subjective meanings of social action” (Johnson‚ 1971:210). From this we gather that versehen was Weber’s way of understanding social action. For weber social action was an action which an individual undertakes
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Love’s ladder’s God It was their final conversation. She would soon die‚ although neither of them knew it at the time. St. Augustine and his mother waited for a ship that would take her across the sea‚ to Africa‚ where she had raised him. She had always prayed he would become a Catholic; now‚ after many years‚ he was one. “There we talked together‚” he writes in his Confessions‚ “she and I alone in deep joy.” This common joy stemmed from their shared company‚ but also their shared belief in God:
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Buddha is a Sanskrit word that means "awakened one”. A Buddha is someone who has realized the enlightenment that ends the cycle of birth and death‚ and which brings freedom from suffering. An important belief that separates Buddhism from Hinduism is that the Buddha chooses weather to reincarnate‚ help others‚ and to “joyfully participate in the misery of the world” or to be in the final place and live in his or her Buddha Nature. There are many different forms of Buddhism‚ there is one cornerstone
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Significant People and Ideas- Sufism explain the contribution to the development and expression of Islam of Sufism analyse the impact of this school of thought on Islam Background- Sufism is the inner‚ esoteric dimension of Islam‚ through which adherents are able to reach a deeper level of spiritual development extending past the exoteric practice of Islam‚ allowing the individual to purify themselves in order to become one with the divine. Sufism developed in the 10th century as a reactionary
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In Catholicism‚ the Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church.[1] According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: "The task of interpreting the Word of God authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of the Church‚ that is‚ to the Pope and to the bishops in communion with him."[2] Catholic theology divides the functions of the teaching office of the Church into two categories: the infallible sacred magisterium and the fallible ordinary magisterium. The infallible sacred
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Eros and civilization: Xi Break fatal union of productivity and destruction‚ liberty and repression.rational for continued acceptance of domination‚ scarcity artificially perpetuated. Strengthened by even more efficient forms of social control: very forces that rendered society capable of pacifying struggle for existence served to repress in the individuals the need for such liberation. High standards of living reconcile people with their life and rulers + social engineering of the soul and science
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Rabi’a al-Adawiyya is recognised as the first female Saint of Islam due to her major role in the early maturation of Islam‚ specifically‚ the expansion of Sufism. It was she who focused on a rigorous asceticism that required complete abandonment of ones worldly pleasures in order to detach one from the fear of hell and enter the passionate love and devotion for God. Her belief in this notion “Muhabbah” (Divine Love) and her dismissal of materialism became a strong prestige throughout her teachings
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Examine the framework of the Four Noble Truths Sean Reece Grange The Four Noble Truths are much like a doctor’s prescription; they are Buddha’s prescription for suffering. In the first two truths he diagnoses the problem of suffering‚ and identifies its cause. The third truth is the discovery of a cure‚ and the fourth noble truth is the prescription as the Buddha sets out the Eightfold path to achieve a release from suffering. Suffering is a serious illness to Buddhist’s because it keeps us in Samsara
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The Spiritual Practice of Lent The course Spiritual Exercises in Religious Traditions discussed the disciplines of a variety of religions based upon various traditions. These disciplines are practiced in forms of prayer‚ meditation‚ and asceticism to achieve a sense of self control. Religions that were analyzed in this course included Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Islam‚ Judaism and Christianity. The motive of this course was to teach students how these religions maintain their discipline through spiritual
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