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Religious Literacy: Traditions and Scriptures

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4 weeks

5-10 hours per week

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$ 149

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Certificate Price:

$ 149

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Led by Harvard faculty, this course will help you learn to better understand the complex ways that religions function in historic and contemporary contexts.

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 evolve and change through time, and how religions are embedded in all dimensions of human experience. We’ll explore these tenets through the lens of scripture and through themes such as gender and sexuality, art, violence and peace, science, and power and authority.

Join me and peers from around the world to embark on this journey to better understand religion in human affairs.

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Learning Outcome

Gain tools for how to interpret the roles religions play in contemporary and historic contexts

Learning Outcome

Learn how religions are internally diverse

Learning Outcome

Learn how the strengths and limitations of learning about religions through their scriptures

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Faculty

Your Instructor

Diane L. Moore

Senior Lecturer and the Director of the Religious Literacy Project, Harvard University

Diane L. Moore is a Senior Lecturer and the Director of the Religious Literacy Project at the Harvard Divinity School. She is also a Senior Scholar at the Center for the Study of World Religions.

Your Instructor

Anna Mudd

Instructor of Religious Literacy: Traditions and Scriptures HarvardX Read full bio.

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A Verified Certificate costs $149 and provides unlimited access to full course materials, activities, tests, and forums. At the end of the course, learners who earn a passing grade can receive a certificate.

⁠Alternatively, learners can Audit the course for free and have access to select course material, activities, tests, and forums. Please note that this track does not offer a certificate for learners who earn a passing grade.

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