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Tools for understanding religion in art
Art history. Contains 6 courses · . Course Total length: 3 hours estimated
Tools for understanding religion in artThis course contains 6 segments
Offered through Khan Academy
Religious Literacy: Traditions and Scriptures
World Religions Through Their ScripturesRated 4.0★ stars based on | 8 ratings · . Cost $109 · . Course Length: 2 hours estimated
The study of religion is the study of a rich and fascinating dimension of human experience that includes but goes well beyond beliefs and ritual practices. In this religion course, learners explore case studies about how religions are internally diverse, how they...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Diane L. Moore, Anna Mudd
Journey Conversations: Weaving Knowledge and Action
Journey of the Universe: A Story for Our TimesRated 4.8★ stars based on | 23 ratings · . Cost $79 · . Course Length: 14 hours estimated
Journey of the Universe weaves together the discoveries of the evolutionary sciences together with humanities such as history, philosophy, art, and religion. This course draws on the Journey of the Universe Conversations, a series of 20 interviews with scientists...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Yale University | Taught by Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim
Art of the Islamic world
Art history. Course Length: 1 hours estimated
Brought to you by Smarthistory. Studying the Art of the Islamic world is challenging—partially because of the large geographic and chronological scope of Islam. Islam has been a major religion and cultural force for over fourteen centuries and continues to be so...
Offered through Khan Academy
Philosophy, Science and Religion: Science and Philosophy
Rated 4.0★ stars based on | 142 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
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? Put another way: is the intellectually responsible thing to do to ‘pick sides’ and identify with one of these...
Offered through Coursera | and created by The University of Edinburgh | Taught by Dr J Adam Carter, Dr Orestis Palermos, Dr Mark Harris and others
Philosophy, Science and Religion: Philosophy and Religion
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 69 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
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? Put another way: is the intellectually responsible thing to do to ‘pick sides’ and identify with one of these...
Offered through Coursera | and created by The University of Edinburgh | Taught by Dr J Adam Carter, Dr Mark Harris, Dr Mog Stapleton and others
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Tools for understanding religion in art. Course Length: 1 hours estimated
This course contains 2 segments:The five major world religionsView full lesson: http
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Philosophy, Science and Religion: Religion and Science
Rated 3.9★ stars based on | 27 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
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? Put another way: is the intellectually responsible thing to do to ‘pick sides’ and identify with one of these...
Offered through Coursera | and created by The University of Edinburgh | Taught by Dr J Adam Carter, Dr Mark Harris, Dr Mog Stapleton and others
The Science of Religion
Rated 4.7★ stars based on | 9 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
Drawing on new scientific advances, this religion course examines foundational questions about the nature of religious belief and practice. The course is based on the idea that religion is a naturalistic phenomenon — meaning it can be studied and better...
Offered through edX | and created by University of British Columbia, UBCx | Taught by Edward Slingerland, Azim Shariff
Gender and Intersectionality
Cost $39 · . Course Length: 30 hours estimated
Understanding how gender intersects with various cultural and social concepts is not only essential to understanding gender studies as a scientific discipline, it is also an important part of moving through and experiencing the world as a human being....
Offered through edX | and created by UIcelandX, The University of Iceland | Taught by Giti Chandra, Thomas Brorsen Smidt
Ancient Mediterranean: 3500 B.C.E.-300 C.E.
AP®︎ Art History. Course Length: 2 hours estimated
Artistic traditions of the ancient Near East and dynastic Egypt focused on representing royal figures and divinities and on the function of funerary and palatial complexes within their cultural contexts. Works of art illustrate the active exchange of ideas and...
Offered through Khan Academy
At the Origins of the Mediterranean Civilization: Archaeology of the City from the Levant to the West - 3rd-1st millennium BC
Rated 4.4★ stars based on | 104 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 36 hours estimated
Which are the deepest roots of that mix of cultures that we use to call ‘Mediterranean Civilization’? Which are comminglings and exchanges which produced its most complete fruit, i.e. the city, a place for landscape-modelling communities? And which elements did...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Sapienza University of Rome | Taught by Lorenzo Nigro
Religion and Conflict
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 18 ratings · . Cost $44 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed for undergraduate learners who are interested in analysing the relationship...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Groningen | Taught by Tom Spits, Kim Knibbe, lead educator, Robbert van Veen and others
Understanding Religious Symbolism
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
In the first lecture, we will consider the question of what religion is, and ponder which cultural practices and expressions we can call “religious.” Students will evaluate current prevailing definitions of religion and query concepts such as “religious...
Offered through edX | and created by SNUx, Seoul National University | Taught by Yohan Yoo, Jiae Seo
The Book of Kells: Exploring an Irish Medieval Masterpiece
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $69 · . Course Length: 16 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more The course is for anyone with an interest in Ireland, medieval studies, history, art, religion and/or...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by Trinity College Dublin | Taught by Rachel Moss, Fáinche Ryan, Will Fox
Reconceiving Space: Installation and Performance Art
Writing for Performance and the Entertainment IndustriesCost $199 · . Course Length: 2 hours estimated
This course is part of the University of Cambridge’s MicroMasters programme in Writing for Performance and Entertainment Industries. How can we use story within the practice of art installation? What function does narrative ‘perform’ in the world of performance...
Offered through edX | and created by University of Cambridge | Taught by Abigail Docherty
Islam Through Its Scriptures
World Religions Through Their ScripturesRated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $109 · . Course Length: 2 hours estimated
How can you improve your understanding of Islam and its most important holy text, the Quran? How can you make sense of a tradition and a text that have been interpreted in different ways across vast geographical spaces for nearly a millennium and a half? Using a...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Ali Asani
Governing Religion: European Challenges and Asian Approaches
Cost $59 · . Course Length: 9 hours estimated
1 – Introduction And Welcome – Why is religion and religious diversity often seen as a problem today? 2 – What are the dominant models for governing religion in Europe today? What are their strengths and weaknesses? 3 – How are state-religion relationships...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by GREASE Project Consortium, European University Institute (EUI)
Why Religion Matters: Religious Literacy, Culture and Diversity
Cost $59 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
Week 1 Introduces the idea of why religion and religious literacy matters. Week 2 Looks at how religion has changed and how it has been used to promote change. Week 3 Explores the relationships and differences between religion and culture. Reviews how religion and...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by The Open University | Taught by Graham Harvey, Suzanne Newcombe, Hugh Beattie and others
Science & Religion 101
Rated 4.9★ stars based on | 14 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 48 hours estimated
This course examines the nature of both science and religion and attempts to explore the possible relationships between them. The primary purpose is to dispel the popular myth that science and religion are entrenched in a never-ending conflict. As a result, this...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Alberta | Taught by Denis Lamoureux