Islam Through Its Scriptures
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Individual Course
Course Length
4 weeks
5-10 hours per week
Featuring faculty from:
Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences
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.
Self-Guided
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Gain tools for how to interpret the roles religions play in contemporary and historic contexts
Learn how religions are internally diverse
Learn how the strengths and limitations of learning about religions through their scriptures
These courses can be bundled together to receive a professional certificate at a discounted price.
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Your Instructor
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
Instructor of Religious Literacy: Traditions and Scriptures HarvardX Read full bio.
Ways to take this course
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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