What to Expect
Here's a learning opportunity you will certainly enjoy. Filled with interviews with religious practitioners, you will learn directly from those who are on the inside of each of the new religions we study. This learning experience is designed for those who are interested in the religions in their neighborhoods.
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You will hear from Satanists, Pagans, Witches and many others about why they believe as they do.
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You will explore the major world religions which have come to America.
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You will be intrigued by the reason why people chose to worship and/or practice in different ways.
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You will be prepared to have meaningful conversations from a position of mutual respect.
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You will learn ways in which you can introduce the story of your faith in a non-threatening manner.
In Partnership with Multifaith Matters
What's inside the course:
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Welcome to this Ephesiology Master Class
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How to use this course
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Description and Objectives
FREE PREVIEW -
Get Your Copy of the Books
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Be Sure to Subscribe to Sacred Tribes Journal - It's Free!!
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Before we begin...
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Instructions
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Learning Tasks and Syllabus
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Reading, Participation, and Class Lessons
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Writing Academic Book Reviews
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Rubric for Book Review
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Writing a Seminary Paper
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Rubric for Final Research Project
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Course Bibliography
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Resources for Academic Research
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Writing & Style Guides
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Emergence of NRMs
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Apologetics, Mission & New Religious Movements: A Holistic Approach
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Religious Identity
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Center for the Studies on New Religions
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Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights
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Notes Submission
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Annotated Bibliography
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Defining NRMs
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Charismatic Leaders in New Religions
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Violence in NRMs
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"Cults" and Euro-American Nativist Millennial Movements
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Notes Submission
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Annotated Bibliography
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a Lived Religion
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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What Mormons Believe about God
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Latter-day Saints, Rituals, Pilgrimage and Cultural Symbolics
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Jehovah's Witnesses
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The Family International: A Brief Historical and Theological Overview
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The Church of Almighty God
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The Last Reformation
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Notes Submission
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Annotated Bibliography
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Church of Scientology
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Western Esotericism
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From the Occult to Western Esotericism
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Dark Green Religion
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Heathenism
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Christian and Pagan Conversations
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Stonehenge, Druids, and King Arthur
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Defining Paganism
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Wicca
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Contributing Factors in the Resurgence of Paganism in Western Society
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The Wheel of the Year
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Christian Responses to Halloween
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Notes Submission
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Annotated Bibliography
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About this course
- $50.00
- 100 lessons
- Many hours of videos and interviews
Perspectives on Post-Christendom Spiritualities
Don't forget to pick up your copy of the book
- Harold A. Netland, professor of philosophy of religion and intercultural studies, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Meet your course facilitators
John and Michael bring years of practical experience in researching other religions and constructively dialoguing with those who believe very differently than they do.
Director of Multifaith Matters John W. Morehead
Professor of Missiological Theology Michael T. Cooper
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