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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Look now at events surrounding Jesus's death that we cannot know about with certainty. Assess the plausibility of the Gospels' accounts of his arrival in Jerusalem, the date of his crucifixion, and the matter of his burial. Grasp how Christian writers made changes in the accounts of his death to serve theological ends.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
[John 1–12] In the first of two lectures on the gospel of John, probe the first 12 chapters of this book’s poetic prose, which takes readers back to the dawn of time. What does it mean for Jesus to embody the word of God in the flesh? Consider possible answers in this most distinctive account of Jesus’s life.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
[Genesis 25–50] According to Professor Koester, the biblical stories of Jacob and Joseph are rooted in perennial themes of familial conflict and reconciliation. In this lecture, ponder the significance of disguises and dreams: how they propel the narrative forward and how they reflect the underlying mystery of God’s will.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Professor Johnson poses the last big question of the course: Can we answer the ultimate question? Draw on the many insights you’ve gained from these lectures, together with your experience thinking philosophically, to probe the meaning of life from several points of view.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
[Ezekiel] Experience the dislocation of the Babylonian Exile with a close reading of the book of Ezekiel’s perspectives on abandonment and homecoming. You’ll trace this movement from Chapters 1¬-32 (which castigate the people for abandoning God to idolatry) to Chapters 33-48 (which include stirring visions of renewal).
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The next three lectures address the big question: What is the nature of the mind? Start with the celebrated "hard problem"of consciousness: How does the brain produce the mind? Investigate two possible answers and explore why many philosophers consider both to be problematic.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
[Exodus 1–15] Both encouraging and threatening, Exodus 1 15 is one of the Bible’s most thrilling stories. First, consider the story’s literary setting (and its surprising humor). Then, discover its focus on two different forms of power: God’s and pharaoh’s. Finally, see how the events in Exodus have resonated throughout subsequent history.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
[Acts 17–28, 1 Thessalonians] Paul’s travels to cities like Corinth and Philippi, and his letters to the Christian communities there, offer a lens into the relationship between early Christianity and the Roman Empire. From conflicts between Jesus’s kingship and Roman imperial rule to the events of Paul’s imprisonment, consider some narrative and spiritual challenges faced by the writer of Acts.
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
2016.
Language
English
Description
[2 Kings, Lamentations, Habakkuk] In 587 BC, the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem. Explore the trauma of this cataclysmic moment through three biblical books: 2 Kings, which tries to explain the events of the loss of Jerusalem; Lamentations, which gives voice to the anger and grief of exile; and Habakkuk, which helps us come to terms with life’s unanswered questions.
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
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..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Some philosophers, called compatibilists, argue that if we understand free will correctly, the idea that humans are free becomes defensible, leaving room for moral responsibility. Evaluate this stance, and close by considering the consequences of conceding that we don’t have free will in the traditional sense.
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
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
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Host Tevya begins his spiritual quest by investigating Hinduism, a faith with some 900 million followers worldwide. He attends the Durga Puja festival, an annual celebration for the Hindu goddess Durga with his teen guide Kritika. Tevya explores Little India searching for a present for the goddess and learns a little Kathak dancing with Kritika along the way!.
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
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In ancient Judaism, beings other than the one true God could be considered to be or even called God. Learn about the divine figure of the Son of Man, and the Jewish conception of a "second God". Observe how divine attributes of God were personified, and how humans such as the kings of Israel were deified.