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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Western and African cultures collide in Haiti resulting in religious conflict between Christianity and Voodoo. Despite centuries of vigilant opposition from the Christian Church, Voodoo has flourished in Haiti and continues to be one of the strongest elements underlying Haitian culture. This film dispels Hollywood stereotypes and presents Voodoo as a belief system that has been passed down from African ancestor to slave to present day Haitian. Traveling...
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Series
Great Courses volume 9
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Logic is intellectual self-defense against such assaults on reason and also a method of quality control for checking the validity of your own views. But beyond these very practical benefits, informal logic—the kind we apply in daily life—is the gateway to an elegant and fascinating branch of philosophy known as formal logic, which is philosophy’s equivalent to calculus. Formal logic is a breathtakingly versatile tool. Much like a Swiss army...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This poetic documentary is a salute to 35,000 years of "pre-history," to the values of ancestors only recently remembered, and to the goddess-worshipping religions of the ancient past. Goddess Remembered features Merlin Stone, Carol Christ, Luisah Teish, Starhawk, Charlene Spretnak, and Jean Bolen, who link the loss of goddess-centred societies with today's environmental crisis. They propose a return to the belief in an interconnected life system,...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
[Genesis 12–25] Abraham’s spiritual legacy is nothing short of profound—yet his story also includes some little-appreciated humor. Delve into the biblical text and consider how Israel’s patriarch is portrayed in Genesis 12¬¬ 25. How is the overarching theme of promises reflected in his relationships with Sarah, Isaac, and God? Get to know Abraham as both exemplary and short-sighted—a much more relatable and well-rounded figure.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This lecture explores what Jesus said about himself, as well as what he specifically preached. Grasp the nature and purpose of Jesus's ethical teachings, and his view of himself as a prophet of the coming kingdom. Study the Jewish conception of the Messiah as a warrior-king who would overthrow the enemies of Israel.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In approaching the historical Jesus, consider why the New Testament Gospels are the only useful early sources on his life, and study the criteria used by scholars for evaluating the Gospels as history. Then investigate Jesus's apocalyptic worldview, which envisioned the imminent end of history and a coming kingdom of God.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
[Acts 1–10] Turn to subsequent texts of the New Testament, which take up the struggle to understand Jesus and what it means to live by his message. The Acts of the Apostles, you’ll find, is a fascinating narrative that shows the Christian community being transformed as it welcomed Jews, Greeks, and Romans.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Should death be considered "bad”? Should we even bother fearing it? As you reflect on philosophical arguments by the ancient Epicurus (who thought death wasn’t bad for the dead) and the modern Thomas Nagel (who believes we should fear death), you’ll consider the possibility that both sides are right.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
[Galatians, Romans] Continue your exploration of Paul’s letters, this time by studying the correspondence he wrote to the Galatians and the Romans. In these letters, you’ll find some of Paul’s most provocative ideas about freedom and law—ideas that would play a profound role in shaping subsequent Christian communities.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Regarding Jesus's final days, review the events that we know about with relative certainty. Learn about his reasons for being in Jerusalem, and the political tensions surrounding the Passover celebration there. Consider what led to his arrest, the nature of the charges against him, and what we can infer about his trial.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
For as long as we’ve been aware of death, we’ve searched for ways to avoid it. Examine a few of the many methods people have used to attempt immortality, including Daoist alchemical methods, empirical approaches by early Muslim scientists, and cutting-edge concepts such as gene manipulation and downloading one’s consciousness into a computer.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
First, consider the huge historical significance of the Christian belief in Jesus's divinity, in terms of its effects on Western civilization as well as today's world. Learn about different scholarly views of the historical Jesus, and trace the remarkable diversity of early Christian thought regarding Christian identity, scripture, and theological understandings of Jesus.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
What exactly happened, such that Jesus came to be considered God? To ask this question is to delve into a fascinating, multilayered historical puzzle - one that offers a richly illuminating look into the origins of the Western worldview and the theological underpinnings of our civilization. Explore the process by which the divinity of Jesus was first conceived by his followers.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this lecture on what Professor Berkson calls "an inescapable part of the human condition,"unpack the feelings and behaviors of the grieving process. Topics include the evolutionary benefits of grief, the five stages of grief laid out by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and the three categories of grieving identified by psychologist George Bonanno.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Close your inquiry into the afterlife by looking at new ways of defining personhood. According to perdurantism, a person is the sum total of an individual’s life experiences and cannot be isolated to a particular time and place. Then question the very concept of a person—a move that may rule out the possibility of an afterlife.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Over time, Christian thought pushed the origin of Jesus's divinity further and further back in history. Trace this development by looking at views of Jesus in the New Testament Gospels. Focus on the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke, noting their differing versions of when Jesus became the Son of God.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Explore the power of abduction, a form of induction also known as inference to the best explanation, that is used not only by philosophers, but also by doctors to make medical diagnoses and scientists to construct theories. Even Sherlock Holmes—the master of deduction—really practiced abductive inference.
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While many mainline Christian churches are in decline, Evangelical Christianity remains a powerful force in the 21st century. With 2.1 billion followers worldwide, this particular branch of faith must be doing something right. In this program, host Tevya enters the world of Evangelicals, meeting a local pastor whose weekly service is broadcast to five different locations and features a full rockband. He learns that it is all about giving back..
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