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Lädt ... The Great Courses: St. Augustine's Confessionsvon William R. Cook, Ronald B. Herzman
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This course presents a decent overview of Augustine's life and work, but it lacks the intellectual rigor I expect from Teaching Company courses. The tag team of professors rambles on and on, and it seems they spend as much time talking about what they are going to talk about, or basically saying the same thing, that the actual content of this course could easily have been presented in half the time. More problematic is the complete lack of objectivity. They teach Augustine from a purely Catholic viewpoint, taking a brief moment to trash The Closing of the Western Mind along the way. There is none of the critical analysis I find in The Teaching Company's other courses on religion, where the presenters, whatever their personal beliefs, take time to acknowledge some of the critical opinions about or contradictions in the works they are teaching. Cook and Herzman come across as intellectual lightweights in comparison, whiling away their time in comfortable tenured positions at a university no one has heard of. Perhaps I'm being too harsh, but this course just dragged on for so long, by the time it ended I was somewhat exasperated. ( ) Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML: How should parents raise children, and how should schools educate children? Why are we attracted to things that are forbidden? What is time? How can we understand God, or the nature of evil? What is true friendship? To answer these questions, Professors Cook and Herzman look to the Confessions of St. Augustine of Hippo. Over the course of 24 fascinating lectures, you'll study this great book's staggering influence on Christianity and Western civilization, seeing how it provided a source of inspiration for such noted thinkers and writers as Petrarch, Dante, and Martin Luther. Even though the Confessions is more than 1,500 years old, it still speaks to us and has the capacity to change our lives. The professors trace the narrative of Augustine's early life and the key events that led to his Christian conversion at age 31. In a succession of stories that are as powerful as any in world literature, Augustine seeks to understand the same issues in his life that many people try to understand in theirs, arriving at profound conclusions that offer stunning insight into our psychology and morality and challenge us to become wiser and better people. This course is a superb springboard and companion guide to your reading and rereading of one of history's singular books: one that will challenge and stimulate your mind and provide a framework through which to find true understanding, value, and meaning in your life. .Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)270.2Religions History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity History of Christianity Period of ecumenic councils; Centralization (325-787)Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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