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Title:

Great minds of the Western intellectual tradition. Part 2, The Christian age [(DVD)videorecording].

Format:

[(DVD)videorecording].

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publisher:

Teaching Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (69 p. ; 22 cm.)

Subject:

Job--(Biblical figure)
Paul,--the Apostle, Saint--Criticism and interpretation.
Plotinus--Criticism and interpretation.
Augustine,--Saint, Bishop of Hippo--Criticism and interpretation.
Thomas,--Aquinas, Saint,--1225?-1274--Criticism and interpretation.
Eckhart,--Meister,--d. 1327--Criticism and interpretation.
Luther, Martin,--1483-1546--Criticism and interpretation.
Calvin, Jean,--1509-1564--Criticism and interpretation.
Fathers of the church.
Middle Ages
Philosophy, Medieval.
Philosophy--History.
Civilization, Western--Philosophy.

Other Authors:

Adams, Jeremy.
Cary, Phillip.
Teaching Company.

Notes:

Booklet (69 p.) includes list of lectures with scope and outline for each lecture. Lecturers: Jeremy Adams and Phillip Cary.

Contents:

Lecture 13. Introduction / P. Cary -- Lecture 14. Job and the problem of suffering / P. Cary -- Lecture 15. The Hebrew bible and covenantal history / P. Cary -- Lecture 16. The synoptic Gospels: the historical Jesus and the Kingdom of God / P. Cary -- Lecture 17. Paul: justification by faith / P. Cary -- Lecture 18. Plotinus and neo-Platonism / P. Cary -- Lecture 19. Augustine: grace and free will / P. Cary -- Lecture 20. Aquinas and Christian Aristotelianism / J. Adams -- Lecture 21. Universals in medieval thought / J. Adams -- Lecture 22. Mysticism and Meister Eckhart / P. Cary -- Lecture 23. Luther: law and gospel / P. Cary -- Lecture 24. Calvin and Protestantism / P. Cary.

Summary:

Part 2 examines the biblical answers to the fundamental human questions and then traces their influence on the Western mind. This second section witnesses the transformation of philosophy from a monothetic search for explanations to a spiritual quest for meaning and understanding informed by a profound fideism.

Series:

The great courses

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51845365

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)