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WHAT MAKES A PARSI? HOW DO PARSIS WORSHIP? FIND OUT MOREZarathustra lived around the 13th century BCE in Iran. He taught that people should choose between the opposing forces of good and evil.…
WHAT IS MEDITATION FOR? DO BUDDHISTS HAVE SACRED BUILDINGS? KARMAFIND OUT MOREBuddhism was developed in India about 2,500 years ago by Siddhartha Gautama, or Buddha (“the enlightened one”). He…
WHY IS JESUS CALLED KING OF THE JEWS? WHAT DOES THE CROSS MEAN? RESURRECTIONBIBLEFIND OUT MOREChristians believe in one God with three aspects: God the father, God the son (Jesus Christ), and God…
DO PEOPLE WORSHIP CONFUCIUS? WHAT ARE THE FIVE CLASSICS? FIND OUT MOREKong Fuzi (“Master Kong”), known as Confucius to Western cultures, was a wise man who lived in China from 551 to 479 BCE. His…
DO ALL MEMBERS OF A SOCIETY SHARE ONE CULTURE? IS THERE A GLOBAL CULTURE? DO CULTURES CHANGE? HOW DO WE LEARN A CULTURE? TRADITIONLANGUAGESUBCULTUREFIND OUT MORECulture is made up of all the…
WHO FOUNDED DAOISM? WHAT IS QI? FIND OUT MOREDao (“the way”) is the organizing principle of the Universe. The best way to act or think is wuwei, or effortless activity. Not trying to resist or…
WHAT IS SUPPLY AND DEMAND? WHAT IS THE MARKET? WHAT TYPES OF ECONOMIES ARE THERE? WHAT IS NOT PART OF THE ECONOMY? PRODUCTIONCONSUMERSFIND OUT MOREPeople work together to grow things, extract…
WHAT IS A NUCLEAR FAMILY? WHAT ARE EXTENDED FAMILIES? ARE ALL FAMILIES BASED ON MARRIAGE? PARENTINGFIND OUT MOREThe family is a basic social unit that exists in every culture, although its…
WHAT IS BRAHMAN? DO HINDU GODS LIVE IN STATUES? REINCARNATIONFIND OUT MOREHinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions and the main religious tradition of India. More a way of life than a set…
