REL 356 : World Religions

Topics: 

• An in-depth analysis of wu wei or yin yang
• An extended analysis of Tao Te Ching or the stories of Chang-Tsu
• Connections to an ecological ethic today
• Feng Shui’s religious core
• Taoist humour
• Laozi:  legends and meanings
• The Tao of Pooh: Why the success of book and how true is it to Daoism?
• The life and times of Alan Watts and his Daoist ideas
• Death or sex in Daoism
• The five Elements/Agents
• Daoism and “how to govern properly”: contra Confucianism?
• Contrast with C. S. Lewis’ view of Tao in Abolition of Man