Cook, William R.  1943- <br/><br/>
The lives of great Christians  [videorecording] / 
William Cook. 
 - Chantilly, Va :  Teaching Co.,  c2007. 
 - 4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. +  1 course guidebooks (146 p. : 20 cm.). 
 - The great courses .
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<br/><br/> "Course no. 6481."  In two containers ; title from containers.  Accompanying guide includes biographical information, lecture notes and outlines, timelines, glossaries, and bibliographical references.  Twenty-four lectures (30 min each) on four discs, two discs in each container. 
<br/><br/> 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.  pt. 1. disc 1. lectures 1-6. 
<br/><br/>Lecturer,  William Cook, State University of New York at Geneseo. 
<br/><br/> Historian William Cook discusses the lives of prominent Christians through the ages. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD, region 1. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1598033344 (set) 9781598033342 (set) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christian biography.<br/>Church history.<br/>Christian saints--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DVD BR 1703  / .C66 2007