Welcome to Crash Course Religions! Over the next 24 episodes, John Green will explore the history and culture of religions and how they offer frameworks for making sense of our lives — while being incredibly slippery things to pin down. We’ll discover how we define, debate, and contest what religion means, whether we’re personally religious or not. Episode 1 premieres on September 10, 2024.
This content is based on an introductory university-level curriculum and the input of an advisory board of religious scholars. By the end of this course, you should be able to:
*Use tools and concepts in the study of religion to understand religious practices and worldviews.
*Unpack the history and culture of several major and minoritized religious traditions.
*Analyze inter-religious and intra-religious connections, influences, and frictions.
*Develop an informed historical perspective on contemporary religious issues and debates.