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Year 11 - The Origins of Religious Thought
The following article on the origins of religion can be found at Religious Tolerance (www.religioustolerance.org).
The Evolution of Religions
The Evolution of Religions
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
The Big View
The Big View is a website that has some great resources, including the copy of the Tao Te Ching that I posted earlier. It has some very good stuff on Buddhism - www.thebigview.com
The Tao Te Ching
The Tao Te Ching (or Dao De Ching, "The Way of Virtue and Power") was written around the 6th century BC by the sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, "Old Master"), a record-keeper at the Zhou Dynasty court, by whose name the text is known in China. The text's true authorship and date of composition or compilation are still debated, although the oldest excavated text dates back to the late 4th century BC. It is fundamental to both philosophical and religious Taoism and strongly influenced other schools, such as Confucianism and Chinese Buddhism, which when first introduced into China was largely interpreted through the use of Daoist words and concepts. Many Chinese artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and even gardeners have used the Tao Te Ching as a source of inspiration. Its influence has also spread widely outside East Asia, and is amongst the most translated works in world literature.
The Tao Te Ching
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Year 12 - Hasidim Handout
Chassidim Handout
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Sabbatai Zevi & Jacob Frank
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Year 12 - A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
A 90-minute film, A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, is the first in-depth documentary about a distinctive, traditional Eastern European religious community. In an historic migration after World War II, Hasidism found it most vital center in America. Both challenging and embracing American values, Hasidim seek those things which many Americans find most precious: family, community, and a close relationship to God. Integrating critical and analytical scholarship with a portrait of the daily life, beliefs, and history of contemporary Hasidic Jews in New York City, the film focuses on the conflicts, burdens, and rewards of the Hasidic way of life.
Follow this link for more information: http://www.pbs.org/alifeapart/
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Year 12 - The Jewish Wedding
Visit Jewish.TV for more Jewish videos.
Visit Jewish.TV for more Jewish videos.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Year 12 - Questions For Bioethics
From an address by Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP: Launch of Catholic Bioethics for a New Millennium, University of Notre Dame Australia Sydney, Tuesday 31 January 2012
I wrote my first book while I was an undergraduate at the University of Sydney, an institution now best known for being near the University of Notre Dame. I was very involved in the pro-life movement at that time.
The book was on Abortion in Australia and I have been somewhat type-cast ever since: most of my publications have ended up being in the area of bioethics. I never dreamed where such pursuits might take me! Since then the questions in health ethics have only multiplied, such as:
- When do people begin and how would we know?
- What’s all the fuss about stem-cells and are there more and less ethical ways to achieve therapies?
- Is abortion a new form of eugenics? Who should live and who should die on the basis on their genes or wantedness, who decides and in whose interests?
- Are organ transplants a good thing or do they kill the donors? How should we think of the relationship between donor, recipient, families and community?
- Do unresponsive patients still matter and should we keep feeding them, even artificially?
- Why are Christians so hung up about killing patients, even those who are already at a very low ebb or who want to die?
- What is the role of a Catholic healthcare institution in today’s world and how can it protect its Catholic identity and ethical integrity in the face of all the pressures?
- How about the healthcare professional? What is their vocation and when may they cooperate in the morally dubious choices of an institution or other professionals?
- What sorts of laws and policies should we make in this area and are pro-life politicians able to vote for ‘bad but better’ laws?
Year 12 - Comparison of Christian Denominations' Ethical Views
The following site has some good information on the differing views held by various Christian denominations on a number of ethical issues.The charts compares the similarities and differences between the views of major Christian denominations on social and ethical issues such as abortion, euthanasia, sexuality and war.
http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/denominations_ethics.htm
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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