Reviews
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An interesting introductory course!
Gail Sedgwick
This was a great little introduction to this topic. It is just dipping your toe in, so to speak, but even so, it manages to pack in a lot of information and ...
Read MoreThis was a great little introduction to this topic. It is just dipping your toe in, so to speak, but even so, it manages to pack in a lot of information and ideas that most non-academics probably haven't given much consideration to; this course challenges you to do just that.
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Great Introduction to OCRS
Jasmine Morris
This course gave me more insight into what specifically is religious studies and how our bias and cultural background can influence what we are learning. The...
Read MoreThis course gave me more insight into what specifically is religious studies and how our bias and cultural background can influence what we are learning. The information will be useful moving forward when studying religion.
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Simplicity of the course
Martin Tanui
The course is good as it uses simple and clear language.
The course is good as it uses simple and clear language.
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How to Study Religion
Andrew Wastling
Great course very informative
Great course very informative
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Study in your own time, for free!
Religion is everywhere in the news and popular culture, but accurate and authoritative reporting are often far from the front pages.
Take this first step on a journey of academic investigation that will give you the skills you need to understand religion on its own terms, as an academic subject.
This free course will help empower you to ask real questions about how religion is presented and understood in the wider world, and challenge you to look closely at your own assumptions.
If you want to know why religion is such a misunderstood topic, and why it inspires such extremes of emotion, this is the place to start.
Course curriculum
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1
Introduction
- Welcome
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2
The basics
- Religion isn't what you think it is...
- Why study religion?
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3
Getting technical
- Insiders and outsiders
- Understanding our role
- Misconceptions
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4
Practice makes perfect
- The religious studies toolkit
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5
Conclusion
- The cultural construction of religion
- Exit survey
- Taking your studies further
Pricing
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What do the students think?
Religious studies rather than theology
Gail Sedgwick
"Interesting and amazing"
Rajeev Ranjan
"Brilliant!"
Lucian Stiopu
"An interesting course"
William Northam