In my previous post regarding my "world view", I mentioned an online religion course I'm taking at Foothill College. If any of you are interested in learning more about the western religions (primarily Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), I would highly recommend this course. And the beauty of it is that regardless of where you live in the world, you can take this course since it's online. All you need is a Web browser. In my "class" right now, there are people from as far away as China and Taiwen. Each week, there is an assigned reading from The World's Religions by Huston Smith and a lecture that students download and read. The students then have to write a reflection on the reading/lecture. That's actually where I got the idea for this blog. As I've been going through this course, it's been helpful for me to actively reflect on what I'm learning rather than passively reading the material and moving on.
One other quick note on this course. The instructor (John Provost) is amazing. While the Smith book is quite good, I feel like I've gotten even more out of Mr. Provost's lectures. He takes a very-balanced view to all the religions and also challenges you to see issues from various perspectives.
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I provided the following testimonial to my instructor. Thought I'd share it in this forum as well.
"This class was the best $100 I've ever spent. John Provost is a very talented instructor. His lectures are provocative yet balanced. I learned just as much about myself in this class as I did about religion. I couldn't recommend it more highly. It's well worth the time."
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