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Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Ethics for A-Level: For AQA Philosophy and OCR Religious Studies
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Flowering Light: Kabbalistic Mysticism and the Art of Elliot R. Wolfson
Marcia Brennan · Rice University
Kabbalah or Qabalah is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism.
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Elements of Biblical Narrative - Analysis of the Red Sea Story
Harry Hagan · Archabbey of St. Meinrad in Indiana
This brief introduction (12,000 words) surveys the basic elements of narrative found in the Bible and uses the Red Sea Story (Exod 13:17–14:31) for its examples. The monograph concludes with an analysis of that story to show how the pieces work together to create the power of narrative.
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Six Ways of Being Religious
Dale Cannon · Western Oregon University
In the contents: 2.05: A Way of Being Religious Generically Considered · 03: Different Ways of Being Religious · 04: The Ways of Being Religious Exemplified
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Introduction to Religion
Mark Knockemus · Northeastern Technical College
In the contents: 03: Who Started It Religious Founders Developers and Reformers · 3.02: Religious Context · 9.03: Religious Attitudes towards Money
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World Religions I
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
World religions is a category used in the study of religion to demarcate the four—and in some cases more—largest and most internationally widespread religious movements. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism are always included in the list, being known as the "Big Four". Some scholars also include other world religions, such as Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, the Baháʼí Faith, Jainism, Confucianism, Shinto and Zoroastrianism, in the category.
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The Bible and Music Author
James F. McGrath · Butler University
James F. McGrath’s The Bible and Music offers what no previous textbook on the subject has before. It provides an overview of the intersection of the Bible and music, from ancient Israelite music and the musical notation in ancient Hebrew manuscripts to the reception of the Bible in classical, rock, hip hop, country, and other genres, alongside embedded videos allowing readers to listen as they read. This textbook does all that and more and, as an open textbook, it costs nothing.
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World Religions II
Lumen Learning · Florida State College at Jacksonville
In the contents: 1.04: Why Are People Religious · 1.05: Types of Religious Experiences · 4.02: Religious Practice During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties
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World Religions: The Spirit Searching
Jody Ondich · Lake Superior College
This text, while full of various ways that people have searched and discovered and created, only touches a few of the bigger traditions in our world. Hopefully each chapter will introduce the reader to some ideas from that specific tradition that enlighten them as to how a specific group of people think, believe, and live.
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Classical Mythology Unbound
Jessica Mellenthin and Susan O. Shapiro · LibreTexts
Today people often use the word “myth” to mean an untrue story or false rumor. For example, if one person asked, “Is Friday the 13th an unlucky day?” another person might answer, “No, that is just a myth.” But the ancient Greeks did not use the word mythos (μῦθος) in this way. For the Greeks, a mythos was simply a story.
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Appearance and Behavior: A Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Salvador Jiménez Murguía · Taft College
In the contents: 6.04: Religious Syncretism and Popular Religiosity · 8.06: Religious Expression and Theodicy · 8.11: The Model Minority and Religious Stereotypes
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Introduction to Anthropology
OpenStax · LibreTexts
In the contents: 13.04: Myth and Religious Doctrine · 13.06: Other Forms of Religious Practice · 15.03: Putting Culture into Media Studies
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Scriptures of the World’s Religions
Elisabeth Burke · Grossmont College
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The Intelligent Troglodyte’s Guide to Plato’s Republic
Douglas Drabkin · Fort Hays State University
In the contents: 1.01: A Religious Festival in the Piraeus · 7.06: Further Mathematical Studies
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Critical Thinking Through Literature
Heather Ringo & Athena Kashyap · LibreTexts
In the contents: 7.21: Wheatley Phillis. Selections from Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral (1773) · 10.06: Postcolonial and Ethnic Studies Criticism
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Personality Theory in a Cultural Context
Mark D. Kelland · Lansing Community College
In the contents: 2.02: Cultural Studies in the Field of Psychology · 2.03: Placing Cross-Cultural Studies in Context- Blending · 6.06: Fromm's Cross-Cultural Studies in Mexico
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Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature
Heather Ringo & Athena Kashyap · Open Educational Resources Initiative
In the contents: 7.22: Wheatley Phillis. Selections from Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral (1773) · 10.06: Postcolonial and Ethnic Studies Criticism
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Cultural Anthropology
Evans · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 10.05: Margaret Mead's Gender Studies · 12.06: Religious Practitioners · 12.07: Religious Change
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POLS125 Spring 2026
Connie Isais · Rio Hondo College
In the contents: 5.1.1.04: You Decide- Case Studies in Federalism · 5.13: You Decide- Case Studies in Federalism · 6.04: Chapter 65- The Law and Politics of Religious Freedom