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Religious Traditions in the Axial Age
Aspects of Judaism that made it "axial" during the period from 900 BCE to 300 CE The philosophy emphasized the creation of social order through the integration of the ethical considerations on a personal level. It was necessary to integrate the ideas of ritual and etiquette. The society had to be harmonious on the individual etiquette as seen during the early Zhou Dynasty. The philosophy helped to establish strong bonds of loyalty and hierarchy by making people embrace the need to be ethical, consider the interests of the other people, respect authority, and observe the order that brings about peace and stability. The philosophy emphasized on its belief that through the observance of the etiquette and ritual, people were educated to have the need to see social order as a fundamental element in every society (Halton 2103). The roles of the people in the society changed during this period. The cutting edge for a change during this time was the human understanding of the social order and the need to accept the society as it is and build from it into the future.
Judaism spelled an era in the time where there was a worship of many deities, and it brought the idea of worshiping only one deity. Judaism was widespread during this time. It had enough power to influence the people as an umbrella of worship under one deity. The worship of one deity brought about a strengthened responsiveness of human beings and their God. The responsibilities of worshiping one deity were straightened and made to look like capable of transforming whatever was necessary for any true form of worship. The sense of a linear time made people take good responsibility of their deities and everything related to them. The existence of the rival deities was also realized, as people took central of one deity. It was during this time that the acts of Judaism made Hebrew appear to be like a full monotheistic religion as happened in 500 BCE (Strayer and Eric 2016).
Aspects of Confucianism that made it "axial" during the period from 900 BCE to 300 CE
During the period between 900 BCE and 300 BCE, Confucianism brought about the need to have a sensible use of ethics in
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Confucianism brought about the morality of the people. The understanding of the etiquette and ritual made people see life in a different way, observing the tenets of being morally upright. From these tenets, the people were able to figure out the best ways to live together as in unity. Harmony was developed because of the specification of the ethics and human behaviors that were positive. Confucianism developed and advanced the concept that leaders were only able to grow and become true leaders when they embraced the…
Works Cited
Bellah, Robert N. Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. Print.
Halton, Eugene. From the Axial Age to the Moral Revolution: John Stuart-Glennie, Karl Jaspers, and a New Understanding of the Idea., 2014. Internet resource.
Strayer, Robert W, and Eric Nelson. Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources. 2016. Print.
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