WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Confucianism. Confucianism was founded in ancient China by Confucius (551 B.C.E.-479). Confucianism is a complex of moral, social, political, philosophical, and religious concerns that permeated the culture and history of East Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -To provide an introduction to China and Japan’s four major religions: Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto. Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of Siddartha Gautama, an Indian prince who lived in the 6th century BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the nineteenth century Asian religions like Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism are manufactured, constructed, invented in interactions between China and Europe as well as between India and Europe, while at the same time Christianity and Islam are being re-imagined in their image.