Record details

• ISBN: 1598034545
• ISBN: 9781598034547
• Physical Description: 4 videodiscs : sound, color ; 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm).

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Course no. 6172."

Course guidebook contains outlines of each lecture.

In two parts, each contains 12 lectures.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 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.

Part 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.

Participant or Performer Note:

Taught by: Professor Charles Kimball, University of Oklahoma.

System Details Note:

DVD.

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Subject:

Religions.

Genre:

Instructional films.
Lectures.

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