Grant Hardy
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With few exceptions, the world's religions are anchored in their sacred texts-core writings that express the ideals and vision of the faiths, forming a basis for belief and action. Humanity's library of sacred writings is a huge canon that includes many of the most influential books ever written. In addition to the Hebrew and Christian bibles and the Quran of Islam, major sacred writings include the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Sutras, Daoism's Daodejing, and the Analects of Confucius, as well as the beloved texts of religions such as Zoroastrianism and Jainism, and modern faiths such as Baha'i.These are texts that people live by and, at times, are willing to die for.
In these 36 lectures, Professor Hardy takes you deeply into the body of sacred writings that have played a fundamental role in human culture and history. Discussing a broad range of texts, the course examines the scriptures of seven major religions, as well as nine lesser known or smaller faiths, including texts from the ancient Egyptian and Mayan societies. In addition to studying the scriptures of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic worlds, you'll discover religious texts from vastly differing cultures around the world.
These richly insightful lectures highlight a global legacy of faith, thought, and spirituality.
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| Title | : | Sacred Texts of the World |
| Author | : | Grant Hardy |
| Book Format | : | Audible Audio |
| Book Edition | : | The Great Courses, #6160 |
| Pages | : | Pages: 18 pages |
| Published | : | 2014 by The Teaching Company |
| Categories | : | Religion. Nonfiction. History. Philosophy |
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Ratings: 4.33 From 129 Users | 22 ReviewsEvaluation Containing Books Sacred Texts of the World
Very enjoyable lecture series viewing the worlds major religions through their sacred texts. Good introductions to the big 5 of Hindu, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam, but also covers less well known religions such as Sikh, Zoroaster, Baihai, and others, At the end if also covers briefly two dead religions of ancient Egypt and the Mayans. The lecturer finishes off with an amusing comparison to the American Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, showing the parallels betweenJust what I was hoping for...a series that treats both the content of sacred books and their historical origins. Prof Hardy does an admirable job of balancing obviously sincere respect for the beliefs of those who revere these books with a willingness to state forthrightly that this was written before that, or based on that, or not written by the advertised author. Quoted extracts are very brief--he prefers to paraphrase--but part of the last lecture is what he considers to be a digestible list
This course does exactly what I wanted it to do. It gave me a brief, yet thorough, run down of each of the major world religions with an overview of the religion and then a brief history on there texts and the religion itself. The lecturer points out were he got his information and conflicting opinions as well as other sources that might be equally valuable. At the end of the course he gives a further reading list for each of the major and minor religion (by number of adherents) and a concise
Dr. Grant Hardy received a Ph.D. from Yale University in Chinese Language and Literature and a B.A. from Brigham Young University where he studied Ancient Greek. He is Professor of History and Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Ashville. Below is a quote by Dr. Hardy taken from the "Faces of UNC" web page:I am interested in how people use literature to make sense of their
Audio Lectures -- More than I needed or wanted to know about the sacred textss of the world's religions, but always included a concise description of the major facets of each religion that I will try to remember.
This is a really good lecture series. If you have any interest in sacred texts or the world's religions, you will love this series.
I was a little wary of ordering this course, for rather ridiculous reasons. Professor Hardy teaches at the University of North Carolina--Asheville, one of the many branches of the Univ. of North Carolina here in my state. I have a local friend who is now a professor and she attended there and described her education as "rigorous but uninspiring." Not knowing anything about the course, I decided to chance it and hope that Professor Hardy was one of UNC-Asheville's more "inspiring" teachers.I was
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