The Independent Study Unit (ISU) assignment allows students the opportunity to choose a religion to study on their own. The first step of this assignment is to select one of the following religions: - Confucianism - Daoism - Shinto Faith - Falun Gong - Cao Dai Once you have selected one of the religions‚ post your responses to the following three questions: Religion: Confucianism 1. Positive Afterlife Potential – What is the reward individuals in this belief-system can expect if they
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One may assume that right-wing organisations in many countries support some sort of monarchy or imperial system‚ whether that be because of tradition or because by giving support they may gain some legitimate power‚ and by assuming this‚ one would therefore naturally come to the conclusion that right-wing organisations (uyoku dantai) in Japan would therefore have support for the Emperor. The purpose of this essay is thus to evaluate to what extent the current Emperor Akihito is a symbol for right-wing
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Taoism is a far eastern religion that teaches living in harmony with the way of nature. Tao literally translates to "The Way." Taoism complements Confucianism‚ Buddhism‚ and Shinto religions. In contrast‚ Islam is a middle eastern religion that lives by their sacred text the Qur’an. The role of the Qur’an can be comparable to Jesus Christ’s role to Christianity. The two religions concept on God differs greatly. Those who practice Taoism do not believe in God at all. Taoism believes in two great masters:
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human nature‚ then it stands to reason that there would be a male aspect and a female aspect to the divine in a creation myth. In some myths the world is literally birthed into existence after the god and the goddess copulate as in the case of the Shinto creation story out of “The Kojiki”. The two main deities Izanami-no-mikoto and her husband Izanagi-no-mikoto‚ “were united and bore as a child [the island] Apadino-po-no-sa-wake-no-sima”‚ and it was this act of procreation that the islands of Japan
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complete. Islam and Judaism usually don’t agree with performing an autopsy on their love ones. Organizations such as Zaka in Israel‚ and Misaskim in the USA generally guide families on how to make sure that an unnecessary autopsy is not performed. Shinto‚ Taoism‚ and Confucianism do not object to autopsies‚ neither does Hindus. But they believe that all organs must be returned to the body‚ and those who practice Sikhism believe that the funeral must not be delayed. Medicare‚ Medicaid
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The Spread of Religion Religion has played a fundamental role in shaping today’s history. Much of recent history in the Western hemisphere has been heavily influenced by Christianity and all that religion offers. Whilst in the Eastern hemisphere‚ Buddhism is one of the dominating religions. The spread of these religions have impacted many regions socially‚ economically‚ and/or politically. When the word Christianity is said‚ the things that come to mind for several people are church and God.
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Japan is ripe in culture and history that is not so dissimilar from western history both went through a bustling feudal era with many similarities. The main similarity was their order of honorable soldiers‚ which were knights in the west and Samurai in Japan but both followed a similar code of honor and loyalty. The real question is how did this class of aristocratic warriors rise out of nothing to become the ruling class of Japan. The Samurai are one of Japan’s most iconic cultural symbol that has
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Shintoism is the oldest religion in Japan that emphasizes on the relationship between human and nature. Some ritual that the Japanese practices to maintain the link between the human and nature include‚ worshipping the ancestor‚ and honoring the spirits. The Japanese built a monastery called the Yasukuni Shrine to house the deceased one that fought for the country. The people that are enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine include soldiers‚ sailor‚ and workers that supplied the weapons for the wars. These
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School. We immediately hit it off in a small debate concerning religion. At the time‚ I had proclaimed Christianity‚ because I didn’t know of any other religion at the time. He‚ on the other hand‚ was a firm believer in a Japanese religion called Shinto. So we had gotten into a fairly long debate concerning which of our religions was right‚ and which deities were existent. Thinking back to that debate‚ I can’t really say if there was even a winner‚ or perhaps just forgotten. We had made good points
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National Trust Movement 1. Totoro Forest Project Transition: The Totoro foundation comes from a character Miyazaki created. II. How the films address the environment A. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 1. letter to himself 2. Totoro; forest spirit 3. Shinto shrines B. Nausicaa of the valley of the wind (1984) 1. based on a manga 2. Nausicaa & Hukai plants C. Princess Mononoke (1997) 1. Tatara iron works 2.
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