REL 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Four Noble Truths, Laozi, Consubstantiality
4 Apr 2016
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Themes to focus your thoughts in relation to the above concepts. Notions of salvation and liberation across religions. Difference between history and the past with regard to what we can know of jesus. The cross-cultural process in christian history/ways that christianity has traveled. Comparative ultimates the various ends of humans and humankind across traditions. The story of jesus from the four gospels. Christianity as growing from hellenism and judaism. Significance of babylonian exile to development of judaism; then significance of diaspora in the first and second century ce. Similarities and differences between christianity, judaism, islam. Similarities and differences between buddhism and christianity. 539 bce, emperor cyrus allows jews to return to judea from exile. 100 bce pali buddhist texts written in sri lanka. 67 ce death of apostle paul; buddhism in china. 500s ce rise of hindu bhakti; buddhism in japan. 622 ce emigration of muhammad from mecca to medina (year 1 on islamic calendar.
