{"id":32817,"date":"2022-02-14T12:18:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T12:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/reflection-paper-assignment-4-daoism-and-confucianism\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T12:18:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T12:18:43","slug":"reflection-paper-assignment-4-daoism-and-confucianism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/reflection-paper-assignment-4-daoism-and-confucianism\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection paper, assignment #4 daoism and confucianism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>TEXTBOOKS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><u><em><strong>William A. Young, The World&#8217;s Religions: Worldviews and Contemporary Issues, Fourth Ed. (ISBN: 0205917615)<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><em><strong>Harry R. Moody, The Five Stages of the Soul (ISBN: 9780385486774)<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reflection Paper, Assignment \u00a0<\/strong><u><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/u><strong>:Reflection Paper, Assignment #4<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Daoism and Confucianism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><br \/>These reflection papers are a chance for you to think through and relate to the assigned readings in your own way.\u00a0 Think of this paper as a kind of \u201cjournal\u201d in which you reflect on the ideas in the readings. The study and practice of religion is a highly personal experience and each person comes to the Qur\u2019an,.\u00a0 Therefore, you are encouraged to be creative and to write about your own personal experiences, relating them to the faith practices and wisdom traditions we will be studying this semester.\u00a0 However, be aware that <\/strong><u><strong>creativity<\/strong><\/u><strong> and <\/strong><u><strong>chaos<\/strong><\/u><strong> are not synonymous\u2014in other words, you need to make sure the ideas and thoughts expressed in your paper are coherent and understandable, and most importantly, that <\/strong><u><strong>they directly relate to the readings<\/strong><\/u><strong>.\u00a0 Essays must be typed in 12-point font and should be 500 words in length.\u00a0 When you cite a source, be sure to include the title of the book and page number.\u00a0 If you cite a source other than our class textbooks, include a bibliography at the end of the paper. \u00a0Does this change anything for you as a muslim ?\u00a0 If so, how?\u00a0 Don\u2019t be afraid to experiment with ideas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u><strong>Prompt<\/strong><\/u><strong>:<\/strong> (Write about <strong>2 of the 4<\/strong> questions below,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions on Daoism (answer<\/strong> <u><em><strong>one<\/strong><\/em><\/u> <strong>from this section):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What is the meaning of <em>Dao<\/em>?\u00a0 How does Daoism view human nature?\u00a0 What is the human predicament, or problem, according to Daoist teachings, and how do we, as humans, achieve harmony with the Dao?<\/li>\n<li>The Daoist philosopher Zhuangzi was reported to have asked, \u201cWhere can I find a man who has forgotten words?\u00a0 I would like to have a word with him.\u201d\u00a0 Based on your reading of Young&#8217;s chapter on Daoism, what do you think Zhuangzi meant by this?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Questions on Confucianism (answer<\/strong> <u><em><strong>one<\/strong><\/em><\/u> <strong>from this section):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Do you agree, based on your reading of Young&#8217;s chapter, that Confucianism is a <em>secular<\/em> religion?\u00a0 Why or why not?\u00a0 Back up your argument by discussing the primary features of Confucianism.<\/li>\n<li>What are the Five Great Relationships in Confucianism, and how might they contribute toward social harmony?\u00a0 Why is it essential that these relationships are informed by Confucian virtues such as <em>ren<\/em>, <em>shu<\/em>, <em>hsueh<\/em>, and <em>li<\/em>?\u00a0 What, in your opinion, are the benefits and the dangers of such \u201croles\u201d or relationships in forming and maintaining a society?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEXTBOOKS William A. Young, The World&#8217;s Religions: Worldviews and Contemporary Issues, Fourth Ed. (ISBN: 0205917615) Harry R. Moody, The Five Stages of the Soul (ISBN: 9780385486774) Reflection Paper, Assignment \u00a0Instructions:Reflection Paper, Assignment #4 Daoism and Confucianism These reflection papers are a chance for you to think through and relate to the assigned readings in your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}