God and Mankind: Comparative Religions

How do the major religions answer unanswerable questions? What can we gain from their answers? Why are we here? What is my purpose? Where do we go when we die? Will I be forgiven? Will we ever discover the source of the mystery? Each of these questions raises countless more.

God and Mankind: Comparative Religions by Professor Robert Oden is an ideal starting point for gaining some progress in considering these questions. And if you've been thinking about them for a while, as so many do, you will likely discover he has many fresh insights to offer you.

Professor Oden, who holds degrees in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and Theology, has taught at Harvard University and Dartmouth College over a long and exceptionally distinguished career as both teacher and college president.

His lectures approach religious belief and ritual as possible answers to these most difficult and enduring questions, which have occupied humanity from the beginning.

TGC616 S01E01 Why Nothing Is as Intriguing as the Study of Religion.mp4
TGC616 S01E02 Orienting Humanity - Religions as Spiritual Compasses.mp4
TGC616 S01E03 Religious Heroes 1 - Gilgamesh and the Dawn of History.mp4
TGC616 S01E04 Religious Heroes 2 - Moses and Jesus.mp4
TGC616 S01E05 Pondering Divine Justice - Do We Suffer for Naught.mp4
TGC616 S01E06 Defending Divine Justice - Religious Accounts of Suffering.mp4
TGC616 S01E07 Religious Rituals and Communities.mp4
TGC616 S01E08 Bringing It All Back Home.mp4

Introduction to the Study of Religion

Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World

Great World Religions: Christianity

Religions of the Axial Age: An Approach to the World's Religions

Great World Religions: Hinduism

Great World Religions: Islam

Great World Religions: Buddhism

Great World Religions: Judaism

Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality

Exploring the Roots of Religion

From Jesus to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity

Historical Jesus

History of Christianity in the Reformation Era

The World of Biblical Israel

Popes and the Papacy: A History

Early Christianity the Experience of the Divine

Introduction to Judaism

Beginnings of Judaism

Fall of the Pagans and the Origins of Medieval Christianity

Book of Genesis

Biblical Wisdom Literature

Lives of Great Christians

Buddhism and Modern Psychology

Lost Christianities: Christian...he Battles over Authentication

Comparative Religion

Cultural Literacy for Religion...ll-Educated Person Should Know

Jesus and His Jewish Influences