History of Christianity II
by Dr. S. Donald Fortson III
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Description
This general introduction to Christianity in the Reformation and Post-Reformation eras focuses on the key persons, movements and ideas that have made significant contributions to the history of the Church. Special attention is given to exploring how experiences and insights from the Christian past inform contemporary faith and practice. By the end of the course, students should have a general grasp of Christian history during these periods and a basic knowledge of the major personalities and ecclesiastical issues of the 15th through 18th centuries in Europe and the young United States.
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Course Introduction | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2 |
Jaroslav Pelikan on Martin Luther | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
The Late Medieval Period - 01 | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 |
The Late Medieval Period - 02 | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Renaissance Humanism and the Political Context of the Reformation | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6 |
The Life and Theology of Martin Luther | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7 |
Luther's Writings | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8 |
The Diet of Worms and Beyond | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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9 |
Philipp Melanchthon and Lutheranism | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10 |
The Life and Theology of Huldrych Zwingli | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11 |
Reform in Zurich | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12 |
Anabaptists and Radicals | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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13 |
Spiritualists and Rationalists | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14 |
The Life of John Calvin | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15 |
Calvin's Writings and Ministry in Geneva | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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16 |
Calvin's Theology | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Calvin's Influence and the Reformation in France | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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18 |
The Reformation in Holland | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Context of the English Reformation | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20 |
Henry VIII and His Wives | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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21 |
"Bloody Mary" and Elizabeth I | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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22 |
John Knox and the Reformation in Scotland | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23 |
Roman Catholic Humanists and Religious Orders | -- | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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24 |
History of the Council of Trent | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Theology of the Council of Trent | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Trent's View of Justification | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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27 |
The Context of English Puritanism | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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28 |
Puritan Worship and the Political Situation | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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29 |
The Westminster Assembly | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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30 |
Richard Baxter and John Owen | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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31 |
English Baptist Separatists | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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32 |
Pietism and Philipp Jakob Spener | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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33 |
Methodism and the Life of John Wesley | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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34 |
The Ministry and Theology of John Wesley | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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35 |
The Enlightenment | -- | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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36 |
Christianity Comes to America | -- | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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37 |
Colonial Presbyterianism | -- | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 37 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Worthwhile
I did not register for the course or read the assigned material.
This is a survey course of church history from the Reformation on, but almost all of it addresses the Reformation. I wish that there were a History of Christianity III to address the post-Reformation church. Dr. Fortson suggested that The Church and the World is something like that, but having listened to it, it’s not quite the same.
This course featured several videos including Luther, Zwingli, and Tyndale. Obviously, that doesn’t work for iTunes. All one gets is a muffled audio of the video that is shown in the actual class being taped.
This course is largely a narrative as opposed to a more rigorous college history class. There are no comparative perspectives from various scholars. Instead, it gives only Dr. Fortson’s perspective.
I was pleased that Dr. Fortson did present the Catholic Reformation and he did so with reasonable objectivity. I was also grateful that he discussed the marriage of John Wesley, about which I’ve heard nothing anywhere else.
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