The lives of great Christians [videorecording] / William Cook.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmSeries: The great courses | Great courses (DVD)Publication details: Chantilly, Va : Teaching Co., c2007.Description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebooks (146 p. : 20 cm.)ISBN:
  • 1598033344 (set)
  • 9781598033342 (set)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DVD BR 1703 .C66 2007
Contents:
pt. 1. disc 1. lectures 1-6. Introduction : what makes a great Christian? ; Paul and the first Christian missionaries ; The early martyrs ; St. Antony, the first monk ; The desert fathers and mothers ; Augustine -- pt. 1. disc 2. lectures 7-2. St. Patrick and the conversion of Ireland ; St. Benedict and his rule ; Leo IX, Gregory VII, and church reform ; Bernard of Clairvaux and Monastic reform ; Francis of Assisi ; Clare of Assisi -- pt. 2. disc 3. lectures 13-18. Catherine of Siena ; Bernardino of Siena ; John Hus and the Hussites ; Thomas More ; Martin Luther ; John Wesley and the origins of Methodism -- pt. 2. disc 4. lectures 19-24. The monks of Mount Athos ; Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Maximilian Kolbe ; Damien of Molokai and Teresa of Calcutta ; From slavery to Martin Luther King ; Gustavo Gutierrez and liberation theology ; Defining the Christian life.
Lecturer, William Cook, State University of New York at Geneseo.Summary: Historian William Cook discusses the lives of prominent Christians through the ages.
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DVD, region 1.

"Course no. 6481."

In two containers ; title from containers.

Accompanying guide includes biographical information, lecture notes and outlines, timelines, glossaries, and bibliographical references.

Lecturer, William Cook, State University of New York at Geneseo.

Twenty-four lectures (30 min each) on four discs, two discs in each container.

pt. 1. disc 1. lectures 1-6. Introduction : what makes a great Christian? ; Paul and the first Christian missionaries ; The early martyrs ; St. Antony, the first monk ; The desert fathers and mothers ; Augustine -- pt. 1. disc 2. lectures 7-2. St. Patrick and the conversion of Ireland ; St. Benedict and his rule ; Leo IX, Gregory VII, and church reform ; Bernard of Clairvaux and Monastic reform ; Francis of Assisi ; Clare of Assisi -- pt. 2. disc 3. lectures 13-18. Catherine of Siena ; Bernardino of Siena ; John Hus and the Hussites ; Thomas More ; Martin Luther ; John Wesley and the origins of Methodism -- pt. 2. disc 4. lectures 19-24. The monks of Mount Athos ; Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Maximilian Kolbe ; Damien of Molokai and Teresa of Calcutta ; From slavery to Martin Luther King ; Gustavo Gutierrez and liberation theology ; Defining the Christian life.

Historian William Cook discusses the lives of prominent Christians through the ages.

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