REL 101 Class notes, Week 4, Lecture 2

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Early Chinese Religion and Culture

551-478 BCE: Confucius, founder of Confucianism

Herbert Fingarette, Confucius - The Secular as Sacred

Ch. 1: Human Community as Holy Rite (Li 禮)
Moral Charisma vs. Ritual Magic
Secular as Sacred Ritual Order

Ch. 2: Way without a Crossroads

Ch. 3: The Locus of the Personal
Role-based view of individual flourishing
Holistic view of person - not psychological
Ch. 4: Traditionalist or Visionary
Tradition, Selection, Interpretation, Innovation
Ch. 5: A Confucian Metaphor - The Holy Vessel
The individual as the conduit of cosmic virtue
Confucius (Kong Fuzi [K'ung Fu-Tzu]) 孔夫子, Analects of Confucius [Lunyu] (論語)