Assignment:
1. In appropriate depth and detail, and utilizing scholarly references, describe the basic characteristics of the Japanese religion known as Shinto, including but not limited to: its history, its primary beliefs, its criticisms, its practices, and its organization.
2. In appropriate depth and detail, and utilizing scholarly references, compare and contrast Taoism and Confucianism.
Readings:
1. Encountering Daoism and Confucianism: Two Views of the Eternal Way
2. Encountering Shinto: The Way of the Kami
3. Encountering Zoroastrianism: The Way of the One Wise Lord
By BONNIE VAN VOORS