Religious Studies Courses and Certifications

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Reading Religious Conversion

The course "Reading Religious Conversion" exposes you to a wealth of conversion stories from across the globe and throughout history. The texts explore the complex aspects of religious identities and

• edX
• 12 weeks, 4-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Sociology of Religion

Examines religion scientifically as a social institution through theories of myth, ritual, magic, sacredness, power, culture, and religious practices.

• Swayam
• 15 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

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Performative Gender and Religions in South Asia

Explore how gender is performed, subverted, and reimagined through Bhakti and Sufi traditions, South Asian theatre, rituals, poetry, and cinema.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Religion

Survey the world's religions: compare Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and Shinto alongside indigenous oral traditions and modern new religious movements.

• StraighterLine
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Psalms and the Arts

15 ratings at Coursera

Meditate on Psalms 19, 22, 88, 137 and 46 through lectio divina, and explore poetry, dance, music and painting interpretations of praise and lament.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Paul and His Letter to Philemon

6168 ratings at Udemy

Prof. N.T. Wright compares Paul's letter to Philemon to a letter of Pliny showing powerful countercultural differences.

• Udemy
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Intellectual Change in Early China: Warring States and Han

126 ratings at Coursera

Trace China's shift from shamanism to imperial rationality: elite attacks on divination, Confucian and Daoist self-cultivation, Dao and Qi cosmology, Han religion, and theories of illness.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Paul and His Letter to the Philippians: Small Group Edition

3072 ratings at Udemy

Join Prof. N.T. Wright to study one of the most joyful and delightful books in the New Testament.

• Udemy
• 5 hours 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Religion and Thought in Modern China: the Song, Jin, and Yuan

50 ratings at Coursera

Trace how the Song became China's first modern age: examine state Daoism, Chan and Tiantai Buddhism, village earth gods, and Zhu Xi's Daoxue orthodoxy.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Religious Transformation in Early China: the Period of Division

39 ratings at Coursera

Trace how Buddhism and Daoism remade Chinese society between 220 and 589 CE: elite attacks on shamanism, ritual and scripture, sacred geography, and popular religion.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Structuring Values in Modern China

36 ratings at Coursera

Trace how science, the market, and the nation displaced traditional religion as modern China's structuring values, covering scientism, economics, gender bias, redemptive societies and charismatic Christianity.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Moses' Face: Moses' images as reflected in Jewish literature

69 ratings at Coursera

Traces how Moses’ character changes across Jewish literature, from the Hebrew Bible through rabbinic, medieval, and modern works.

• Coursera
• 14 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Faith Working Through Love

1248 ratings at Udemy

Discover how Biblical wisdom can help you find meaning in your work

• Udemy
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Enchanting Modernity: Jewish Storytelling and Mysticism (Live Online)

34 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore how themes of mysticism, exile and redemption continue to shape modern literature and storytelling across cultures and genres.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $335.00

The Bible as Literature: Narrative, Politics, & History (Live Online)

34 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the Bible through its rich narrative artistry, from poetry and epic history to satire and confessional writing.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• $335.00