Christianity Courses and Certifications

Ecclesiastical Institutions: Unity, Martyrs, and Bishops in Early Christianity - Lecture 25

Examines how Jude, Ignatius’s letters, and the Didache reveal early Christianity’s movement toward institutional structure, church offices, martyrdom, and liturgy.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

The Historical Formation of Indian English Literature - Part 2

Explore how religious conversion and cross-cultural friendships shaped Indian English literature, transforming worldviews and subverting colonial power relations.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

2000 christliche Jahre – Historische Theologie

3 ratings

Geschichte ist mehr als die Aneinanderreihung von Jahreszahlen. Die Geschichte der Kirche ist voll von Krieg und Frieden, Traditionen und Neuaufbrüchen, von Bösewichten und Heiligen. Der Kurs bietet e

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Christianisme et philosophie dans l’Antiquité

2 ratings

Présentation des relations entre le christianisme et la philosophie dans l’Antiquité grecque et romaine.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Verführer, Ankläger, Gefährte. Der Teufel und seine Dämonen

Der MOOC zeichnet die Geschichte des Teufels, seiner Eigenschaften und seiner kulturhistorischen Entwicklung nach.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 6-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Western Religions & Ecology

18 ratings at Coursera

Explore the ecological dimensions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: scripture and land, rituals, food and animal ethics, activism, Laudato Si', tawhid, and interreligious climate work.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Theology for Personal Spiritual Growth

50 ratings at Coursera

Explore Christian virtues such as kindness, generosity, hope and humility, engage emotions through the Psalms and the arts, and apply scripture to worship, fellowship and mission.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

The Pagan World: Ancient Religions before Christianity

67 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Take a close, behind-the-scenes look at religion and life in the ancient Mediterranean world to see how early pagan religions helped shape the world as we know it today.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 12 hours 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Re-imaging God in Korean Context

110 ratings at Coursera

Explore images of God in Korea — Father, Heaven, Rice, Spirit — to trace how Confucian, shamanistic and Minjung currents shaped Korean Protestant churches and indigenous theology.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

World Religions Through Their Scriptures

Learn how to interpret the sacred texts of Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, and Sikhism.

• edX
• 28 weeks, 5-10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $521.00
• 7 courses

Monasticism in the Early Middle Ages - Paradoxes and Evolution

1 rating

Examines how early monasticism’s ascetic renunciation evolved into communal Western life under the Rule of St. Benedict, connecting labor with learning.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Wilberforce

1 rating at OpenLearn

William Wilberforce, the politician and religious writer, was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in Britain. This free course explores Wilberforce's career and writings and assesses their ...

• OpenLearn
• 16 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Paul's Disciples - Pseudepigraphic Letters to Colossians and Ephesians

Examines the pseudepigraphic Letters to the Colossians and Ephesians, their contexts, and differences from Pauline Christianity.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Holy Land Revealed

273 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

<p>Visit the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity in this comprehensive tour, taught by an archaeologist, that will take you deep beneath the pages of the Bible.</p>

• The Great Courses Plus
• 18 hours 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

The Early Middle Ages

258 ratings at The Great Courses Plus

Shed light on the Dark Ages with this absorbing course that relates the often surprising true story of how Rome ended and Western civilization began.

• The Great Courses Plus
• 12 hours 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available