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Course 1 of 5: Great World Religions: Christianity

Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University Ph.D., Yale University

The lectures of Great World Religions: Christianity provide you with a clear survey of the most important elements of a vital religious tradition that has become the world's largest faith. In award-winning Professor Luke Timothy Johnson's course, consider fundamental issues including Christianity's birth and expansion across the Mediterranean world, the development of its core doctrine, its deep connections to Western culture, and more. Each one of these 12 lectures is filled with insights that will enhance your understanding of the history and nature of a great world religion.

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Course 2 of 5: Great World Religions: Islam

Professor John L. Esposito, Georgetown University Ph.D., Temple University

How familiar are you with the world's second-largest and fastest-growing religion? Many people in the West know little about Islam and are familiar only with the actions of a minority of radical extremists. Great World Religions: Islam helps you better understand Islam as both a religion and a way of life. In these illuminating lectures, expert Islamic scholar and Professor John L. Esposito takes you through Islamic history from the 7th century through today. Along the way you explore Muslim beliefs and practices in the context of their impact on Muslim life and society throughout the ages; how and why Muslims came to Europe and America; the issues of faith, identity, and integration that face them in their homelands; and other fascinating aspects of this great world faith.

• 1. Islam Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
  
  
• 2. The Five Pillars of Islam
  
  
• 3. Muhammad-Prophet and Statesman
  
  
• 4. God's Word-the Quranic Worldview
  
  
• 5. The Muslim Community-Faith and Politics
  
  
• 6. Paths to God-Islamic Law and Mysticism
  
  
• 7. Islamic Revivalism-Renewal and Reform
  
  
• 8. The Contemporary Resurgence of Islam
  
  
• 9. Islam at the Crossroads
  
  
• 10. Women and Change in Islam
  
  
• 11. Islam in the West
  
  
• 12. The Future of Islam
  
  

Course 3 of 5: Great World Religions: Judaism

Professor Isaiah M. Gafni, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Ph.D., Hebrew University, Jerusalem

What is the essence of Judaism? Is it the Ten Commandments? The teachings of the Hebrew Bible? Or something else entirely? Professor Isaiah M. Gafni of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem addresses these and other fundamental issues as he explores the ever-changing, 4,000-year saga of Judaism, one of the world's most ancient and influential religions. Throughout Great World Religions: Judaism, you study this faith as it was understood by its adherents in the past and by those who practice or identify with Judaism today.

• 1. What is Judaism?
  
  
• 2. The Stages of History
  
  
• 3. The Jewish Library
  
  
• 4. The Emergence of Rabbinic Judaism
  
  
• 5. Jewish Worship-Prayer and the Synagogue
  
  
• 6. The Calendar-A Communal Life-Cycle
  
  
• 7. Individual Life-Cycles
  
  
• 8. God and Man; God and Community
  
  
• 9. Philosophers and Mystics
  
  
• 10. The Legal Frameworks of Judaism-Halakha
  
  
• 11. Common Judaism-or a Plurality of Judaisms?
  
  
• 12. Judaism and “Others”
  
  

Course 4 of 5: Great World Religions: Hinduism

Professor Mark W. Muesse, Rhodes College Ph.D., Harvard University

Great World Religions: Hinduism provides you with an engaging window into the roots of a faith that is perhaps the most diverse of all, and which rejects the notion that there is one path to the divine. Over the course of Hinduism's 5,000-year journey, you'll explore the pantheon of Hindu gods and goddesses; the sacred writings in the Vedas, the Bhagavad-gita, and the Upanishads; the Aryan language of Sanskrit; and much more. As you move chronologically through Hinduism's history—from its earliest precursors to its classical manifestations to its responses to the modern era—you continually place salient aspects of Hindu life and worship in historical and theological framework. The result is an engaging and comprehensive look at the world's oldest living religious tradition.

• 1. Hinduism in the World and the World of Hinduism
  
  
• 2. The Early Cultures of India
  
  
• 3. The World of the Veda
  
  
• 4. From the Vedic Tradition to Classical Hinduism
  
  
• 5. Caste
  
  
• 6. Men, Women, and the Stages of Life
  
  
• 7. The Way of Action
  
  
• 8. The Way of Wisdom
  
  
• 9. Seeing God
  
  
• 10. The Way of Devotion
  
  
• 11. The Goddess and Her Devotees
  
  
• 12. Hinduism in the Modern Period
  
  

Course 5 of 5: Great World Religions: Buddhism

Professor Malcolm David Eckel, Boston University Ph.D., Harvard University

In its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has expanded from a tiny religious community in northern India into a movement that now spans the globe. Buddhism is your opportunity to trace the history, principles, and evolution of a theology that is both familiar and foreign. These lectures are a historical survey of Buddhism, from its origin in India in the 6th century B.C.E. to its present status as a major world faith. Professor Malcolm David Eckel introduces you to the astonishing vitality and adaptability of a tradition that has transformed civilizations.

• 1. Buddhism as a World Religion
  
  
• 2. The Life of the Buddha
  
  
• 3. “All is Suffering”
  
  
• 4. The Path to Nirvana
  
  
• 5. The Buddhist Community
  
  
• 6. Mahayana Buddhism-the Bodhisattva Ideal
  
  
• 7. Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
  
  
• 8. Emptiness
  
  
• 9. Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia
  
  
• 10. Buddhism in Tibet
  
  
• 11. Buddhism in China
  
  
• 12. Buddhism in Japan
  
  

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