This course provides an overview of the major world religions. After an introduction on the earliest paleontological forms of religion among our ancestors, the overview provided by that course falls into two major parts. In Part 1, we see the historical origins of the major religious traditions that developed around the world beginning with the agricultural revolution and especially during the Axial Age (beginning in the 9th century BCE). We will study the frames of mind that underlie religious representations, artifacts, and writings. In Part 2 of this course, we will see the current forms of the world's religions. What are the foundations, structures, developments, and contexts of the major world religions? In the process, the student will conduct her own research on a contemporary form of religion and present her findings.