From the CD - Library edition.
pt. 1. lecture 1. Comparative religion : who, what, why, how --
lecture 2. Exploring similarities and differences --
lecture 3. The sacred, the holy, and the profane --
lecture 4. Sacred time, sacred space, sacred objects --
lecture 5. Sacred people : prophets, sages, saviors --
lecture 6. Sacred people : clergy, monastics, shamans --
lecture 7. Sacred signs, analogues, and sacraments --
lecture 8. Creation myths and sacred stories --
lecture 9. From sacred stories and letters to doctrine --
lecture 10. Sacred texts : the Bible and the Qur'an --
lecture 11. Sacred texts for Hindus and Buddhists --
lecture 12. Polytheism, dualism, monism, and monotheism.
pt. 2. lecture 13. From birth to death : religious rituals --
lecture 14. Daily, weekly, annual religious rituals --
lecture 15. Ritual sacrifice in the world's religions --
lecture 16. The human predicament : how to overcome it --
lecture 17. The problems of sin and forgetfulness --
lecture 18. Breaking through the illusion of reality --
lecture 19. The goals of religious life --
lecture 20. The way of faith and the way of devotion --
lecture 21. The way of action and the way of meditation --
lecture 22. The way of the mystics --
lecture 23. The evolution of religious institutions --
lecture 24. Religious diversity in the 21st century.