God and Mankind: Comparative Religions

De: Robert Oden, The Great Courses

Narrado por: Robert Oden

How do the major religions answer unanswerable questions? What can we gain from their answers? Why are we here? Will we ever discover the source of the mystery? Each of these questions raises countless more, and these eight eye-opening lectures are an ideal starting point for gaining some progress in considering them.

Professor Oden's lectures approach religious belief and ritual as possible answers to these most difficult and enduring questions, which have occupied humanity from the beginning. They underscore both the unity and the diversity of religious approaches to life in a sweeping conceptual grasp. And they treat the study of religion as both a matter of faith and as an appropriate subject of intellectual and academic pursuit. Throughout these lectures, you'll examine the four traditional views of religion; ponder the best ways to understand and compare religious beliefs; investigate the problem of the existence of evil in a world created by a benevolent deity; compare the birth narratives of several important religious figures including Moses, Jesus, and the Buddha; probe the secrets of rituals and their ramifications for the religious communities of sect and church; see how the United States is the perfect case study for learning about the religious nature of a particular society; and much more.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©1991 The Teaching Company, LLC (P)1991 The Great Courses

Another good one from the great courses

I really enjoyed this lecture and found it very informative, but I also would have liked to have heard a little more on some of the non Abrahamic religions. But, it is a review on “god” and mankind after all, and that’s what it was. Not the gods of mankind. Still, I highly recommend this audiobook to anyone seeking to further their understanding of religions and spirituality.

Really good

I really liked and appreciated Professor Oden’s style and the content and hope to find more by him. The examples were excellent and original.

Interesting, but a bit disparaging of peers

An hour of why "useless do" is in our language was a bit of overkill, but I learned several things from this book.

Heavy focus on Judeo-Christian tradition

A brief but well informed review of major religions. I would have appreciated more depth and equal time spent on Eastern traditions and more than just Buddhism and Hinduism.

Well presented and researched, however, and enjoyed it nonetheless.

Not Very Comparative

Well thought out and executed. But majority of the lecture is centered around Christianity. I purchased these to learn more about other religions. So this lecture left me disappointed