[REL 102] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (41 pages long!)

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: REL 102
• Professor: Steven Ericson

Document Summary

Review quiz available on blackboard (will be similar to test questions) Daoism (taoism) about freedom and getting away from the restrictions of society (individual nature) Buddhism: world denying instead of self-affirming (for (cid:373)a(cid:374)y people they worship the gods, so the people are(cid:374)"t tied to just one of these 3 religions completely, they intermingle) Folk goddess, not associated with just one religion. Converts to be buddhist after helping a buddhist teacher. His emphasis is on the philosophy, and what the classical philosophy is teaching. Daodejing (written by a man who left china, to get away from civilization and society) The way that can be followed is not the eternal way, the name that can be named is not the eternal name. Things are not constant, they are always changing. Wu wei (no action, anti-ritual, going with flow) Laozi - incarnation of the dao (not the true dao but takes the human form of the dao)