
From Jerusalem to Rome
How did a Jewish movement led by a Jewish man with only Jewish followers quite quickly become a movement of non-Jews? In this lecture,...

Exploring the World's Religions
Over 5 weeks, we explored four major religions (Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Sikhism) and opened the series with our most popular talk...

Santa Muerte and the Day of the Dead
We explored what some scholars call ""the fastest growing religion in the Americas,"" the devotion to Santa Muerte or Saint Death. We...

Daoism: The Way and its Power
Daoism is one of China's great philosophical systems that is relatively unknown in the West except through Tai Chi and Chinese medicine....

The Life of the Prophet Muhammad
Thirteen centuries ago, an illiterate orphan heard a voice while meditating in a cave. Following that voice changed human history. We...


What to do When the News is Bad
A little more than a year ago, a Muslim family in London, Ontario, was killed while out for a walk after dinner. The community was left...

Adventures Online: Exploring the Religions of the World
We experienced an immersive look into world religions as we studied Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism during a live,...

Music, Masks, Murtis and More
Road Scholar Online Program Encounter offered one of its most popular online talks that shows how religions aren’t just about books,...

Exploring Religions of the World
Road Scholar Online Program We spent five days learning about the religions of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism and Hinduism. We...


Autumn's Diverse Religious Holidays and How they are Celebrated
From the Jewish High Holidays to Divali to Christmas, the end of the year is marked by major holidays in several faith traditions. We...