DVD Encoding : Region 0 DVD (Playable
Worldwide)
Format : Color, DTS Surround Sound, Full
Screen, Special Edition
Rated : Unrated
Studio : Vision Video
Run Time
: 221 minutes
Availability: Usually ships the same business day.
Description :
This DVD is playable in all
regions . This is a survey course designed to stimulate further your
curiosity by providing glimpses of some of the pivotal events in the spread
Christianity and sketches of great Christian figures who have significantly
affected Christian history thereby shaping the history of the world.
Kit
includes six half-hour programs, leader's guide, program scripts, and
reproducible student workbook. PART I : The
Early Church — From the executions of Peter and Paul in
Rome to the death of Augustine in North Africa, we follow
the
Early
Church as she emerges from
the womb of Judaism to survive horrendous persecution and become established in
the Roman world. Explore what took place at the early Ecumenical Councils and
how the great doctrines of the Church were formulated.PART
II: The Church in the Middle Ages — During this period in history,
universities, monasteries, and museums were established. The Church, with her
majestic Cathedrals, joined these institutions in influencing society. But this
interaction with culture was not without difficulties: barbarian invasion,
crusades, the Muslim challenge. Also, during this period, Christendom was
divided into the Eastern Church and the
Western
Church . PART III:
The Reformation — It was an age of exploration and discovery, of art and
literature. The
Medieval
Church , however, had placed too much
emphasis on the church as an institution. As a result, the papacy enjoyed
unusual power often coupled with unusual corruption. Cries of reform were heard
all over
Europe . The Protestant Reformation of
the sixteenth century was a tremendous movement of spiritual and ecclesial
renewal. PART IV: The Age of Reason and Piety — During
the two centuries between the death of Martin Luther in 1546 and the conversion
of John Wesley in 1738, the Christian world experienced a major paradigm shift
from an “age of faith” to an “age of reason.” On the heels of Copernicus’
discovery that the earth is not the center of the universe, rose “the
Enlightenment” — a movement that shifted the focus away from God and to human
creativity. PART V: Christianity in the New World —
America was the land of new
beginnings.
Europe represented for Americans a
corrupt past, whose contamination they wished to escape. This period includes
the study of great traditions such as the Puritans and Quakers, and great
movements such as the First Great Awakening.PART VI:
Christian Movement in an Age of Uncertainty — From the fall of Bastille in 1789
(marking the beginning of the French Revolution) to the fall of the
Berlin wall in 1989
(marking the end of communism), study the Christian movement in an age of
uncertainty. William Carey, the “father of modern missions” carries the Gospel
to
India ; others followed to remote
regions — people like David Livingstone, Lottie Moon, Henry Martyn, and Hudson
Taylor. Explore the Christian Church as it moves into the entire
world.
Beeson
Divinity
School . Trained in theology and church
history at
Harvard
University , he has written
numerous articles and books including Theology of the Reformers, John Calvin and
the Church, and Faithful Witness: The Life and Mission of William Carey. George
also serves as senior editor of Christianity Today.
“The story of Christianity is a story of
what God has said and done in space and time in the person of His Son on earth
and the work of His Spirit through the ages.”
Beeson
Divinity
School
Due to controversial content, this DVD has mixed reviews. Viewer discretion
advised. This warning is due to certain parts of the series that are quite
ecumenical but we still believe much can be gleaned.
