Free Comparative Religion Courses

Dr. Huston Smith discusses their origin, founders and what each teaches as to life’s meaning and the way to its fulfillment.

This series of eight lectures delivered by Dr T. J. Mawson at the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 2011, introduces the main philosophical arguments pertaining to the Western monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Professor Courtenay Raia lectures on science and religion as historical phenomena that have evolved over time.

Investigates what religion is and does, compares religious ideas and practices, and explores how religion influences the relationship between individual and community.

Covering ca. 100 BCE to 1200 CE, MMW 12 examines the development of classical empires from China to the West, their collapse, and their transformation into distinct medieval forms.

This course examines the nature of both science and religion and attempts to explore the possible relationships between them.

Philosophy, Science and Religion mark three of the most fundamental modes of thinking about the world and our place in it. Are these modes incompatible?

Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they have, however defined, a "soul."

Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they have, however defined, a "soul."

Throughout history, the vast majority of people around the globe have believed they have, however defined, a "soul."