{"id":10433,"date":"2020-07-23T12:17:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T16:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?page_id=10433"},"modified":"2020-07-23T13:32:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T17:32:45","slug":"religion-learning-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/religion-learning-home","title":{"rendered":"Religion: Learning at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Taoism<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Taoism is a Chinese philosophical tradition that emphasizes living in harmony with the world. There are three central tenets (or treasures) of Taoism: compassion, frugality, and humility. Those practicing Taoism seek to achieve perfection in the universe through various disciplines called \u201cthe way,\u201d or tao.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lao Tzu: <\/strong>Regarded as the founder of Taoism, Lao Tzu is an important historical figure you may not know much about. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NtcgJ1yZkIc\">this video<\/a> to hear ten life lessons from a Taoist Master.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be Water: <\/strong>One of the most famous practitioners of the philosophy of Taoism was Bruce Lee, and you may have heard his most famous quote: \u201cEmpty your mind, be formless, shapeless \u2013 like water.\u201d Check out this Sundance 2020 Documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11394168\/\"><em>Be Water<\/em><\/a>, focusing on Bruce Lee\u2019s core philosophy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tao Te Ching: <\/strong>Written by Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching is a collection of poems and sayings that acts as a religious text for those who follow Taoism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2013\/dec\/27\/comfort-reading-tao-te-ching-laozi\">Here is a great article<\/a> on how we can extrapolate great wisdom from this ancient text today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Non-Believers<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The fastest-growing sector of religion is people who identify as non-religious, non-believers, or following no religion. Find some great articles and links below into why this is occurring and how it affects different countries and people.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Non-Christianity in Europe<\/strong>: Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/mar\/21\/christianity-non-christian-europe-young-people-survey-religion\">article<\/a> from <em>The Guardian<\/em> on how Christianity is no longer the \u201cdefault\u201d religion amongst the youngest age groups all over Europe.<\/li>\n<li><strong>GDP and Religion<\/strong>: Ever wondered if there\u2019s a causal relationship between a country\u2019s economic growth and how religious its citizens are? Find out more by reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/religion-economic-development-wealth-gdp-bristol-university-a8453386.html\">this article<\/a> about a study performed by researchers at Bristol University.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Science and Moral Questions<\/strong>: Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww&amp;list=PLA6E5015896A5663C&amp;index=71\">TED Talk<\/a> from neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris, PhD, on how science can answer our most important moral questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Norse Paganism<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Norse Paganism, or Old Norse Religion, is only known because scholars spent years reconstructing old runic inscriptions. Norse Paganism was a polytheistic religion with many gods and goddesses that was spread through oral tradition, instead of traditional written texts like many other religions developed over time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Return of Paganism<\/strong>: Discover how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/12\/opinion\/christianity-paganism-america.html\">Paganism is seeing a resurgence<\/a> in the United States and what that means moving forward.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Viking Religion<\/strong>: We know very little about the Vikings since they didn\u2019t write anything down. What we do know is that they were Pagans! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/ancient\/vikings\/religion_01.shtml\">Learn more<\/a> about how the Viking Age was a time of religious change.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Norse Gods<\/strong>: Thor, Odin, and Floki were present during the Viking Age. Can you name any other Norse gods? Become an expert in Norse mythology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2oxzmJPoRu8\">in just 15 minutes<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taoism Taoism is a Chinese philosophical tradition that emphasizes living in harmony with the world. There are three central tenets (or treasures) of Taoism: compassion, frugality, and humility. Those practicing Taoism seek to achieve perfection in the universe through various disciplines called \u201cthe way,\u201d or tao. Lao Tzu: Regarded as the founder of Taoism, Lao <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/religion-learning-home\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10448,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10433","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10434,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10433\/revisions\/10434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}