Julia Ching
Dr. Julia Ching (1934-2001) was a professor of religion, philosophy, and East Asian studies at the University of Toronto. She completed a master’s degree at the Catholic University of America and obtained a doctorate in Asian studies from the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. She wrote and edited numerous books, including Mysticism and Kingship in China, The Religious Thought of Chu Hsi, and Chinese Religions. For her scholarly achievement, she was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and named to the Scholars’ Council of the US Library of Congress.
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Confucianism and Taoism
- By: Julia Ching
- Narrator: Ben Kingsley
- Length: 2 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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Confucius (551-479 BCE) taught a moral wisdom that would become a predominant social force in China from the second century BCE until the mid twentieth century. Confucianism does not teach a central doctrine that a God or gods should be worshipped, but it does embrace a system of ritual and emphasizes humanistic virtues and values. Taoism is both a philosophy and a religion, seeking a life and a mind in harmony with nature. Yin and yang, the essential opposites, are seen as fundamental principles of the universe in many religious and philosophical discussions.
The Religion, Scriptures, and Spirituality series describes the beliefs, religious practices, and the spiritual and moral commitments of the world’s great religious traditions. It also describes a religion’s way of understanding scripture, identifies its outstanding thinkers, and discusses its attitude and relationship to society.
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