Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

This free course, Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture, engages with questions about the relationship between religion and culture. Are they different things or synonyms that emphasise different ways of looking at the same phenomena? The course uses ‘either/or or both/and’ to point to those possibilities for understanding how religion and culture relate to each other.Interested in taking your learning further? You might find it helpful to explore the Open University’s Religious Studies courses and qualifications.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Either/or and both/and: belonging to land and ancestors
• 1 Either/or and both/and: belonging to land and ancestors
• 2 Either/or or both/and: eco protest
• 2 Either/or or both/and: eco protest
• 3 Interview with Theo Simon
• 3 Interview with Theo Simon
• 4 Why do they do that?
• 4 Why do they do that?
• 5 Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
• 5 Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
• Conclusion
• What next?
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements