Free Online Religion Courses

Get free Religion courses online from the world’s leading universities. You can download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or mp3 player. For more online courses, visit our complete collection of Free Courses.

• A Journey through Western Christianity: from Persecuted Faith to Global Religion (200 – 1650) – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Yale University
• Ancient Israel – Free Online Video – Daniel Fleming, NYU
• Apologetics 101 – Free iTunes Audio – K. Scott Oliphint, Westminster Theological Seminary
• Biblical Hermeneutics, Old and New Testament – Free iTunes Audio – Vern Poythress, Westminster Theological Seminary
• Biblical Theology – Free iTunes Audio – Gregory Beale, Westminster Theological Seminary
• Buddhism and Cognitive Science – Free Online Video – John Vervaeke, U Toronto
• Buddhism and Modern Psychology – Free Online Video – Robert Wright, formerly Princeton
• Buddhism Through its Scriptures – Free Online Video – Charles Hallisey, Harvard
• Buddhist Psychology – Free Online Audio – Eleanor Rosch, UC Berkeley
• Christianity and Ethics – Free Online Video – Lynn Mitchell, U. of Houston
• Christianity Through Its Scriptures – Free Online Video – Karen L. King, Harvard
• Doctrine of God – Free iTunes Audio – Scott Oliphint, Westminster Theological Seminary
• Faith and Globalization – Free iTunes Video – Tony Blair, Miroslav Volf, Yale
• Faith, Social Justice and Public Life – Free iTunes Audio & Video – Jim Wallis, Georgetown
• From Israelite to Jew – Free iTunes Audio, Michael Satlow, Brown University
• Genesis Through Joshua – Free iTunes Audio – Richard Belcher, Jr., Reformed Theological Seminary
• Hinduism Through Its Scriptures – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
• Historical Jesus – Free iTunes Audio – Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University
• History and Philosophy of Christian Thought – Free iTunes Audio – John Frame, Reformed Theological Seminary
• History of Christianity I  – Free iTunes Audio – Donald Fortson, Reformed Theological Seminary
• History of Christianity II  – Free iTunes Audio – Donald Fortson, Reformed Theological Seminary
• History of Christian Philosophy – Free Online Video – Daniel Bonevac, UT Austin
• History of Islamic Society – Free Online Video – Richard Bulliet, Columbia University
• History and Nature of Apologetics – Free iTunes Audio – Cornelius VanTil, Westminster Theological Seminary
• Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) – Free Online Course – Christine Hayes, Yale.
• Introduction to the Quran: The Scripture of Islam – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Notre Dame, Gabriel Said Reynolds
• Introduction to New Testament History and Literature – Free Online Course – Dale B. Martin, Yale
• Introduction to Religion – Free Online Video – Lora Hobbs, Missouri State
• Islam Through Its Scriptures – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
• Jerusalem: The Holy City from Ancient Canaan t0 Modern Israel – Free iTunes Video – Free iTunes Audio – Robert Cargill, UCLA
• Jews and Christians Throughout History – Free iTunes Video – Rabbi Michael Signer, Notre Dame
• Judaism Through Its Scriptures – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
• Medieval Church – Free iTunes Audio – Carl Trueman, Westminster Theological Seminary
• Philosophy of Religion – Free Online Audio – T. J. Mawson, Oxford
• Philosophy of Religion – Free iTunes iOS Course – Clarence Mark Philips, U. of New Orleans
• Philosophy, Science and Religion: Science and Philosophy – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Edinburgh
• Religious Literacy: Traditions and Scriptures – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
• Science, Magic and Religion: From Antiquity to Present – Free Online Video – Courtenay Raia, UCLA
• Science & Religion 101 – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – University of Alberta
• Science vs. Religion – Web Video – Mark Vernon, Journalist/Philosopher
• Systematic Theology 101: Prolegomena – Free iTunes Audio – David Garner, Westminster Theological Seminary
• The Bible and English Literature – Free Online Video (+ More Background) – Northrop Frye, U. of Toronto
• The Central Philosophy of Tibet – Free Online Audio – Robert Thurman, Columbia University
• The Hebrew Bible – Free iTunes Video – Shaye J.D. Cohen, Harvard
• The Hebrew Scriptures in Judaism & Christianity – Free iTunes Video – Shaye J.D. Cohen, Harvard
• The Reformation – Free iTunes Audio – Carl Trueman, Westminster Theological Seminary
• Religion, Conflict and Peace – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Harvard
• The Talmud: A Methodological Introduction – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Northwestern University
• Theology of Hebrews – Free iTunes Audio – R. Gafin, Westminster Theological Seminary

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