The lives of great Christians
Title:
The lives of great Christians
Author:
Cook, William R. (William Robert), 1943-
Personal Author:
Edition:
[Library edition].
Publication Information:
Chantilly, Va : Teaching Co., [2007]
©2007
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm.).
Summary:
Historian William Cook discusses the lives of prominent Christians through the ages.
General Note:
"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.
Guidebooks numbered 6481-01 (part 1) and 6481-02 (part 2).
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction : what makes a great Christian? ; Paul and the first Christian missionaries ; Early martyrs ; St. Antony, the first monk ; 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. 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.
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ISBN:
9781598033311
Format :
Video Cassette
