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Welcome to my Religions of the East page. Click on the hotspots on the map icons to take you to religions of Africa, India, China, and Japan. Click on the icons for the individual religions to take you to those pages. I hope you enjoy your visit.

Religions of the Samsaric Cycle

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Hinduism

General information with links on the sacred path of the Brahmanic tradition.

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Buddhism

General information with links on the sacred path of Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha.

Jainism

General information with links on the sacred path of Mahavira.

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Sikhism

General information with links on the sacred path of Nanak and the Granth Sahib.

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Relgs of Africa

General information on the traditional religions of Africa with special attention to selected tribal cultures.

Religions of the East

A three-credit introductory level course offered each spring.

. Emphasis is on the development of higher order thinking skills particularly as they relate to moving students toward an empathetic view of the sacred traditions included in the course.

Extensive use of group work focuses on collaborative learning. This technique is based on the pedagogical assumption that students learn more when they are actively engaged in the production of their own learning.

Religions of Harmony

Confucianism

General information with links on the way of Master Kong-zi

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Daoism

General information with links on the way of Lao-zi and Zhuang-zi

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Kami-no-michi

General information with links on Shinto, the way of the kami.

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Buddhism

General information with links to the sacred path of Mahayana Buddhism.