Compact disc. Professor Charles Kimball, University of Oklahoma, lecturer.
Contents:
lecture 11. Comparative religion : who, what, why, how -- lecture 2. Polytheism, dualism, monism, and monotheism. 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. lecture 24. Religious diversity in the 21st century. 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.
Summary:
A series of 24 lectures comprising a course on comparative religion presented by Charles Kimball, director of the Religious Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.