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Cultural Literacy for Religion: Everything the Well-Educated Person Should Know
- Narrated by: Mark Berkson
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
According to polls conducted by Gallup and the Pew Research Forum on Religion & Public Life, the majority of Americans fail basic tests about religion, including tests on their own faith. This is troublesome because religious literacy is about so much more than naming deities or knowing the stories of ancient history. For many of us, religion is a way to examine and understand ourselves.
Moreover, religious literacy – the knowledge of basic teachings, symbols, practices, founders, institutions, and values of the world's religious traditions - can shed new light on the world around us and knock down the boundaries between us, making us better neighbors and better citizens. These 24 enlightening lectures offer you the chance to experience the breadth and depth of the world's religions from all angles – historical, theological, and cultural. They take you on a tour of the world and its religious cultures. From India to East Asia to the Middle East to the United States, your journey with Professor Berkson introduces you to the beliefs and practices of other traditions and provides you with new insights into your own.
The course approaches each religion from an "imaginative insider's perspective." What does the world look like from the perspective of someone within each tradition? What does this person value and care about? What are the everyday scriptures, rituals, traditions, and holidays like?
Along the way, you'll discover certain features that are common to many religions – concepts of divinity, scripture, rituals, and explanations of good and evil - and you'll find new ways to attain greater self-understanding.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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- Angela Stringer
- 29-05-15
Great Overview
Very interesting and well presented. I learnt a lot and enjoyed the lecturer style and presentation. I would listen to him again
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-21
A good introduction
This is a pretty good introduction to the world’s major religions that provides a general overview for the layperson. Having listened to numerous Great Courses, this ranks amongst the middle as it doesn’t go into enough depth.
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- Mr
- 23-07-15
Great overview of the world's major faiths
What did you like most about Cultural Literacy for Religion: Everything the Well-Educated Person Should Know?
A good introduction to all the major faith traditions. Reasonable depth without getting too bogged down in detail.
What other book might you compare Cultural Literacy for Religion: Everything the Well-Educated Person Should Know to, and why?
Similar to the Introduction to Buddhism from Great Courses, except it covers a number of faith traditions.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
The introduction to Hinduism was especially interesting.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
This is more of an educational lecture series.
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Well worth the listen.
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- joel
- 05-12-22
Religious Ed done well
Breadth, depth and humanity are all provided along with a summing up of legal and moral context.
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- Kbro
- 27-02-17
Good but too short
This is a great course but too short. I understand it's an intro level but compared to many of the great courses I felt like it was brutally breif.
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- Anon
- 18-08-23
very informative
Very good overview of religions. Informative and interesting. I feel I need to listen to it again to really absorb all the information.
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- Greatie
- 12-10-24
¡Magnífica serie de conferencias!
Un curso de "alfabetismo religioso"!
Magnífico y bien explicado, nos hace reflexionar sobre la importancia de entender el porqué de la religión, independientemente de si practicamos una o no, con el fin de entender mejor a la humanidad y su historia.
Altamente recomendable.
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- frederica walcott
- 13-11-22
will read this again love it
most of the information was new however I enjoyed the enthusiasm of the narrator .
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