Values and Beliefs: Other Values and Beliefs Systems

Includes: Introduction / The Thought of Confucius / Formation of the Classical Confucian Tradition / The Confucian Revival / Transformation Since the 19th Century / Additional Reading

Includes: A Short introduction to the Chinese ethical system

Includes: The life and teachings of Confucius / Key beliefs and practices of Confucianism / Confucian Ethics and Moral Philosophy / The Role of Family in Confucianism / The Five Classics and the Four Books of Confucianism / The importance of Education in Confucianism / Confucianism and its influence on Chinese culture and society / The relationship between Confucianism and other religions in East Asia / Neo-Confucianism and the revival of Confucianism in the modern era / Contemporary challenges facing Confucianism in the 21st century

Includes: Introduction / The New Knowledge / Historical Perspectives / The Northern Humanists

Includes: What is Humanism / Humanist Organisations / Huminist History / Humanism in Six Words / Five Core Features.

Includes: Beliefs and Definitions: Agnostic / Atheist / Freethinker / Humanist / Non-religious / Rationalist / Skeptic / Secularists

Includes: Introduction / General Characteristics / History / Influence / Additional Reading

Includes: Taoism as a glance / Beliefs / Ethics / History/ People / Practices / Rites / Subdivisions / Texts

Includes: The origins and history of Taoism / Key beliefs and practices of Taoism / The Tao Te Ching and other Taoist texts / Taoist cosmology and the concept of the Tao / Taoist philosophy and ethics / Taoist meditation and internal alchemy / Different schools of Taoism / Taoism and its influence on Chinese art and culture / The relationship between Taoism and Confucianism / The challenges facing Taoism in the modern world