My mini-course on religion — now running at thinkspot — wraps up on Wednesday evening at 7:30 Central Time. I will cover the major and varied moral and social dimensions of religions and conclude with my definition of religion.
Our governing question for this three-lecture course is: What Is Religion? We set aside the questions of whether religion is true, good, or useful and focus only on understanding the phenomenon. What do, say, the Abrahamic religions, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Wakan Tankaism, and traditional African religions have in common? What distinguishes religion from, say, philosophy or science?
The livestream will be available to my subscribers at thinkspot.