Comparative religion

pt. 1. lecture 1. Comparative religion : who, what, why, how

lecture 2. Exploring similarities and differences

lecture 3. The sacred, the holy, and the profane

lecture 4. Sacred time, sacred space, sacred objects

lecture 5. Sacred people : prophets, sages, saviors

lecture 6. Sacred people : clergy, monastics, shamans

lecture 7. Sacred signs, analogues, and sacraments

lecture 8. Creation myths and sacred stories

lecture 9. From sacred stories and letters to doctrine

lecture 10. Sacred texts : the Bible and the Qur'an

lecture 11. Sacred texts for Hindus and Buddhists

lecture 12. Polytheism, dualism, monism, and monotheism.

pt. 2. lecture 13. From birth to death : religious rituals

lecture 14. Daily, weekly, annual religious rituals

lecture 15. Ritual sacrifice in the world's religions

lecture 16. The human predicament : how to overcome it

lecture 17. The problems of sin and forgetfulness

lecture 18. Breaking through the illusion of reality

lecture 19. The goals of religious life

lecture 20. The way of faith and the way of devotion

lecture 21. The way of action and the way of meditation

lecture 22. The way of the mystics

lecture 23. The evolution of religious institutions

lecture 24. Religious diversity in the 21st century.