In Missional Approach to World Religions (TH191), Mike Goheen provides a framework for understanding and analyzing world religions. He discusses the theology of religions and gives an overview of three major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Goheen examines the heart or core behind the beliefs and practices of these religions and discusses how Christians might begin to dialogue with people of these faiths.
Introduction to the Course
Introduction to the Course
Introducing the Professor
1m
Introducing the Course
3m
Religious Plurality: An Urgent Issue
The Fact of Religious Plurality
6m
Religious Pluralism
8m
Proper Approach to Studying World Religions
Missionary Encounter
6m
The Comprehensive Scope of the Gospel
8m
Religion as a Comprehensive Vision and Way of Life
7m
Comprehensive Religion: Testimony from the Third World
5m
Two Approaches that Undermine Missionary Encounter
4m
Western Humanist Faith
8m
Christian Pluralism
3m
Critiques of Pluralism
3m
The Need for a Theology of Religions
5m
The Truth of the Gospel
Public Truth and Comprehensive Scope
8m
The Finality of Christ
5m
Exclusivism and Inclusivism
3m
Salvation of Those Who Have Never Heard
4m
Strong and Weak Inclusivism
8m
Questions about Inclusivism
4m
God’s Revelation in Creation
Revelation beyond Scripture
7m
The Locus Classicus: Romans 1:18–32
5m
Beneficial Effect of God’s Revelation in Creation
4m
Theology of Religions
Origin and Nature of Religion
4m
Religious Consciousness and Empirical Religions
6m
God’s Revelation and Humanity’s Sinful Response
5m
Content of Religious Consciousness
7m
The Rise of Empirical Religions
5m
Orienting Core and Various Components of World Religions
6m
The Orienting Core of Religions
6m
A Missionary Approach
Introducing a Missionary Approach
3m
Insider, Sympathetic Approach
3m
Outsider, Critical Approach
4m
Continuity and Discontinuity
5m
Subversive Fulfillment
4m
Subversive Fulfillment in the Bible
11m
Hinduism
Introduction to Hinduism
5m
Vedic Period: Vedas
6m
Vedic Period: Upanishads
9m
Period of Classical Hinduism
4m
Hinduism through the Ages
3m
Four Goals for Life
10m
Atman, Brahman, and Moksha
4m
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
7m
What Kind of World Do We Live In?
6m
Four Paths to Moksha
6m
Supreme Being: Transpersonal or Personal?
7m
Religious Pluralism in Hinduism
9m
Christian Outsider Analysis of Hinduism
8m
Buddhism
Buddha’s Quest
8m
The Four Noble Truths
2m
The Eightfold Path
3m
Basic Beliefs
4m
Three Rafts
4m
Amida and Zen Buddhism
8m
Vajrayana Buddhism
6m
Christian Outsider Analysis of Buddhism
4m
Islam
Introduction to Islam
3m
Muhammad: The Seal of the Prophets
7m
Times of Muhammad
5m
Muhammad: Preparation for Public Ministry
3m
The Night of Power
9m
Hijra and Political Power
7m
Ummah and Its Mission
4m
Pillars of Belief
4m
Pillars of Religious Duty
8m
The Qur’an
4m
Who Is Allah?
6m
Historical Developments of Islam
6m
Sunni, Shi’ite, and Sufi Sects
8m
Islam in the 20th Century
7m
Christian Outsider Analysis of Islam
8m
The Mission of the Church
Missional Dimension and Missional Intention
5m
Review of Important Concepts
2m
Christian Witness in Plural Society
5m
Point of Contact: Attitude and Disposition
4m
Point of Contact: Fulfilling Religious Longings
7m
Point of Contact: Subversion
4m
Point of Contact: Universal Human Issues
4m
Fear of Dialogue
3m
Dialogue Based on Confessional Commitment
3m
The Importance of Dialogue
5m
Words, Lives, and Deeds
3m
Appendix: Screencasts
Finding Charts that Represent World Religions
4m
Creating Notes from the Resource Christ and Creation
9m
Creating a Collection of World Religions Resources
4m
Adding Resources on General Revelation to a Bibliography
4m
Performing an Exegetical Study of Romans 1:18–32
5m
Using the Apologetics Study Bible to Study World Religions
7m
Using the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics