Resources
A 2017 course by Dan Capper at the University of Southern Mississippi "is a basic introduction to the variety of the worldâs religions as well as methods for studying them. . . . In rapid survey we will discuss the nature of religion; indigenous religions; and the religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam."
A 2010 course by Michael Andres at Northwestern College offers "a biblically based, theologically and historically informed study of both personal and social moral issues from a Christian perspective."
A course by Judith Berling and Jeff Richey at the Graduate Theological Union.
A 2008 course by Peter Slade at Ashland University provides structure and support to religion majors "researching and writing their religion thesis."
A 2013 course by Jack Hawley at Columbia University "explores the creation, maintenance, and performance of the dominant rubric in the field of Religious Studies--the concept 'world religions'"
A 2012 course by Frank Burch Brown at Christian Theological Seminary explores "the features and histories of several religions that have had a major impact on human life and that Christians encounter today."
A 1999 course by Michael Fuller at St. Louis Community College examines "the nature and function of religion in human experience and culture, and an introduction to the history, content, and present status of selected world religions, such as Traditional African religions, Traditional Native American religions, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism."
A 2002 course by Franz Metcalf at California State University-Los Angeles "looks at how religions wrestle with the basic human realities of growing up, being an adult, and facing suffering, aging, and dying." The religions of ancient India and the Lakota nation receive special attention.
A 2009 course by John Huddleston at the College of Charleston on "pivotal scholarly issues . . . surrounding the founding figures, and origins generally, of at least . . . Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam."
A course by Gisela Webb at Seton Hall University surveys "Indian, Chinese, and Abrahamic religious traditions, focusing on 1) their conceptions of ultimacy, 2) their conceptions of human nature, 3) their conceptions of spiritual transformation . . . (and) how these religious concerns are expressed in literature and the arts."