Comparing Religions: Text, Orality, and Myth

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Who are you? What might you become? What is the world and does the world have a purpose? Questions like these lie at the heart of religious traditions around the world, and have inspired and frightened humans since the very beginning of our history. In this course, we will explore some of these traditions by going on a vision quest, a journey for insight. We will encounter ghosts, people who can fly, charismatic healers, and many more weird things. This is a course that might change your life. Welcome to the study of religion. 001328