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Joseph J. Green

Northern Arizona University

Note to the professor:

The promptsh choosen were:

Group welfare over individual interest

Awareness of and importance attached to the past

Importance and nobility of agriculture

Hirearchle structuring of society

Subjigation and submission of women

Importance of extended family

Mention how these have been incorporated into various religious tradition.

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1 Confusianism

Group welfare over individual interest

Encourage rebellion against the unjust

Awareness of and importance attached to the past

Reccomends that people must self-cultivate to remain moral (ASIAN RELIGIONS AND THEIR CULTURES)

Importance and nobility of agriculture

Encouraged cultivation of the land (YALE)

Hierarchical order

Confucius and Mencius provided doctrinal support for such systems. (Asian religions and their cultures)

Subjigation and submission of women

Greatest fillial sin is to have no desendants.

Women don’t count

Importance of extended family

Reflects joy of life, encourages reproduction.

Eldest son will perform household rituals to keep memories of ancestors alive

2 Hindu

Group welfare over individual interest

The caste system. The four meaningful ranks of caste provide religious and military leadership as well as economic sustainability.

Awareness of and importance attached to the past

Any creature could be a reincarnation of a past person, past karma, and previous life karma (HINDUISM)

Importance and nobility of agriculture

Farmers are in the third rank of the caste society along with Merchants but below the Religous leaders and the rulers. (HINDUISM)

Hirearchle structuring of society

The caste system (ASIAN RELIGIONS AND THEIR CULTURES)

Subjigation and submission of women

Female goddess took on the grimmer aspects of Shiva (ASIAN RELIGIONA AT CULT)

In Hindu culture, the women must never be independent. Subject of their fathers, husbands, or sons. (HINDUISM)

* Importance of extended family

Basic building block of society, multiple generations living together (ISK)

3 Shinto

Group welfare over individual interest

Shrines are local. Kami are worshiped to bring good tidings to the local area.

Awareness of and importance attached to the past

Spirtual focus on divine ansestors of particular clans or lineages

Importance and nobility of agriculture

Kanti are worshiped to bring good harvest

Hirearchle structuring of society

Shinto gave legitamicy to the emperor

Subjigation and submission of women

Unlike other Asian cultures, Japan, which Shinto is nearly exclusive to, did not share the same desire for the complete subjigation and submission of women. Thoughout history, women were permitted to hold high office in Japan. Though, there had been some regressions for women within Shinto’s history, women have enjoyed a high role in Shinto culture. (NANZAN)

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https://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/3517

http://iskconeducationalservices.org/HoH/lifestyle/904.htm

http://fore.yale.edu/religion/confucianism/

Asian religions and their cultures

Shinto

Hinduism

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