Reflection Paper on Hindu and Buddhist (World Religion)
Writing Prompt:
Using what we have read and viewed about how Hindu and Buddhist practitioners understand humans and their relationship to the sacred reality, answer the following question:
Which understanding of the sacred reality, Hindu or Buddhist, do you think is best equipped for dealing with the problem of gender inequality and violence against women (described by Brodd at the end of Chapters 2,3, and 4)? Explain why?
Organizational Instructions
Introduction:
Briefly state why you think the religion you chose is best equipped to approach the problem of gender inequality and violence against women. State how your paper will support this claim.
Part one:
Critically analyze the religion you did not choose describing why you think their understanding of the sacred is less equipped for addressing the problem of gender inequality and violence against women.
Part two:
Critically analyze the religion you chose describing how the understanding of the sacred in this religion is better equipped for addressing the problem of gender inequality and violence against women.
Part three:
Describe whether or not you think adherence to the teachings of the religion you chose would be effective in confronting the problem of gender inequality and violence against women
