Online Course
Longing for Meaning, Purpose, and Hope
Discover how your worldview shapes your outlook on life.
This online course explores the deep questions many people wrestle with: Why am I here? Does life have meaning? Is there more than what we see? Through an overview of major worldviews, the course examines whether any belief system offers true hope, purpose, and a deeper reason to live.
Online Course — $79 U.S.
Learn at your own pace as you explore meaning, purpose, hope, and the major worldviews that shape how people understand life.
Course Overview
What You’ll Explore
The course begins by identifying major existential issues that many people in today’s culture struggle with. It then introduces the topic of worldviews: what they are, how they are shaped, and whether they can change.
Students are introduced to major worldviews including Agnosticism, Atheism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Humanism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Marxism, New Age, and Taoism. The course then compares and evaluates these worldviews to consider whether all religions teach the same thing, whether all worldviews can be true, and whether any offer true hope.
Module 1 — Course Introduction
Module 2 — Longing for Meaning
Module 3 — What is a Worldview?
Module 4 — Who Has a Worldview?
Module 5 — Worldview Categories
Module 6 — Atheistic Worldviews
Module 7 — Eastern Worldviews
Module 8 — Western Worldviews
Module 9 — Comparing Worldviews
Module 10 — My Story
Module 11 — The Problem and the Solution
Module 12 — Course Summary