Jaspers, Karl - The Origin and Goal of History
Mendieta, Eduardo - Invisible Cities
An Introduction to the Study of Religion “For a very long time, and in a great variety of ways, human beings have been religious” (Wilfred Cantwell Smith’s.
Springfield, IL June 15, 2012. Axial Period Second Axial - autonomy relatedness - self-transcendence immanence - freedom ecological - individual person.
What is philosophy? * The Life of Reason *“A reasoned pursuit of fundamental truths.” Concerned with problems whose solution depend not on facts but ways.
Axial period: Non- Western thought Chinese Philosophy.
Mark Pursley. Religion is a universal dimension of human experience. Why are humans religious? What is religion? Definitions may be substantive.
The Axial Period and Beyond
