
Religions of the Axial Age: An Approach to the World's Religions
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Mark W. Muesse
These 24 extraordinary lectures offer you the rare opportunity to relate your own spiritual questions to a variety of ancient quests for meaning and transcendence. Professor Muesse looks at the historical conditions in which the world religions arose and explores how they answered shared metaphysical and human dilemmas.
The Axial Age - a pivotal era between 800 and 200 B.C.E. - saw the rise of many of the world's religions in Iran, South Asia, and China. On this stirring journey, you'll learn about the rise of Zoroastrianism in Persia (now Iran); Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism on the Indian subcontinent; and Confucianism and Daoism in China. You'll also see how these religions compare, contrast, and contribute to contemporary Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Through sacred texts, modern scholarship, and thoughts arising from his own personal experiences, Professor Muesse reveals what it meant to be a conscious, morally responsible individual in the Axial Age. You'll enjoy a ringside seat as each founding sage wrestles with moral accountability, the nature of self and ultimate reality, good versus evil, suffering and transcendence - all topics that still puzzle us today.
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All considered, this course is more of a survey of ancient far east and south east Asian religions and their beginnings. If thats what you are interested in, then this is the perfect course for you. The professor is fantastic - an engaging and relatable expert. If you, like me, want to understand the historical and socio-economic conditions of specific epochs that give rise to, and then sustained, such compelling systems of belief, this can only be an introduction.
Great lecture, but misleading intro
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Great Lectures for the study/practice of religion
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Dr. Muesse is an engaging presenter with a deep knowledge and passion for the subject, I can't recommend his courses highly enough.
Excellent in every way.
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Great Course
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Excellent teaching
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Have you listened to any of Professor Mark W. Muesse’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I have listed to Professor Muesse's courses on Mindfulness Practice & Hinduism. I always enjoy his courses! I particularly enjoyed the depth and reflection that he was able to give in this lecture series! As always, I was moved by the last lecture. He has an awesome ability to sum up the entire course and still present new ideas and insights. I will listen to this course again in the future.Excellent!
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Misstiteled but good
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You can find an outline of the course on the Great Courses website.
I highly recommend courses such as this, introducing you to the different religions and philosophies.
My thanks to Audible for making some of the Great Courses available to us, JK.
OUTSTANDING
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