Religions of the Axial Age : an Approach to the World's Religions

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24 Lectures (30 min. ea.)
"Religion."
"Course no. 6312."
Compact discs.
Lecture 1. What was the Axial Age? -- Lecture 2. The noble ones -- Lecture 3. The world of Zoroaster -- Lecture 4. Zoroaster's legacy -- Lecture 5. South Asia before the Axial Age -- Lecture 6. The start of the Indian Axial Age -- Lecture 7. Death and rebirth -- lecture 8. The quest for liberation -- Lecture 9. The Vedantic solution -- Lecture 10. The one and the many -- Lecture 11. The life of Siddhattha Gotama --Lecture 12. "I am awake."
Lecture 13. Why we suffer -- Lecture 14. The noble path -- Lecture 15. From Buddha to Buddhism. -- Lecture 16. Jainism -- Lecture 17. East Asia before the Axial Age -- Lecture 18. The world of Confucius -- Lecture 19. The foundations of Confucianism -- Lecture 20. The cultivation of virtue -- Lecture 21. Early Confucianism and the rise of Daoism -- Lecture 22. The Daodejing -- Lecture 23. Daoist politics and mysticism -- Lecture 24. Reflections on the Axial Age.
Lecturer, Mark W. Muesse.
Twenty-four lectures presenting an overview of world religions from 800 B.C. to 200 B.C.

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