| Description |
6 videodiscs (ca. 1080 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 275 p. ; 19 cm.) |
| Series |
Great courses DVD
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in course guidebook. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. lecture 1. The historical study of Christianity. lecture 2. The first cutural context - Greece and Rome. lecture 3. The first cutural context - Judaism. lecture 4. The Jesus movement and the birth of Christianity. lecture 5. Paul and Christianity's first expansion. lecture 6. The diversity of early Christianity. -- disc 2. lecture 7. The unpopular cult persecution. lecture 8. Forms of witness martyrdom and apologetic. lecture 9. Extreme Christianity in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. lecture 10. The shaping of orthodoxy. lecture 11. Institutional development before Constantine. lecture 12. The Beginnings of Christian philosophy. -- disc 3. lecture 13. Imperial politics and religion. lecture 14. Constantine and the established church. lecture 15. The extension of Christian culture. lecture 16. Monasticism as radical Christianity. lecture 17. The emergence of Patriarchal centers. lecture 18. Theological crisis and council the Trinity. -- disc 4. lecture 19. Theological crisis and council Christology. lecture 20. The distinctive issues of the Latin West. lecture 21. Expansion beyond the boundaries of empire. lecture 22. The court of Justinian and Byzantine Christianity. lecture 23. The rise of Islam and the threat of Iconoclasm. lecture 24. Eastern Orthodoxy Holy tradition. -- disc. 5. lecture 25. From Roman Empire to holy Roman Empire. lecture 26. Benedictine Monasticism and its influence. lecture 27. Evangelization of Western Europe. lecture 28. The great divorce between East and West. lecture 29. Monastic reform. lecture 30. Cathedrals and chapters. -- disc 6. lecture 31. The Crusades. lecture 32. Papal revolution. lecture 33. Universities and Theology. lecture 34. The Great plague. lecture 35. Corruption and the beginnings of reform. lecture 36. The ever-adapting religion. |
| Credits |
Directors, Jonathan D. Leven, Sal Rodriguez, Jim M. Allen ; Associate producer, Gretchen Kennedy. |
| Performer |
Lectures by Luke Timothy Johnson. |
| Summary |
Presents lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by Luke Timothy Johnson, Professor at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University. |
| Subject |
Church history.
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Christianity.
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Reformation.
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| Genre |
Instructional films.
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Filmed lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Gray, Jennifer.
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Leven, Jonathan D.
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Rodriguez, Sal.
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Allen, Jim M.
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Kennedy, Gretchen.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598038965 |
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1598038966 : $99.95 |
| Music # |
6610 Teaching Company |
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