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This course follows the extraordinary development of Western Christianity from its early persecution under the Roman Empire in the third century to its global expansion with the Jesuits of the early modern world. We explore the dynamic and diverse character of a religion with an enormous cast characters. We will meet men and women who tell stories of faith as well as of violence, suppression, and division. Along the way, we encounter Perpetua and her martyrdom in Carthage; the struggles of Augustine the bishop in North Africa; the zeal of Celtic monks and missionaries; the viciousness of the Crusades; the visions of Brigit of Sweden; and the fracturing of Christianity by Martin Luther’s protest. We hear the voices of great theologians as well as of those branded heretics by the Church, a powerful reminder that the growth of Christianity is a story with many narratives of competing visions of reform and ideals, powerful critiques of corruption and venality, and exclusion of the vanquished. The troubled history of Christian engagement with Jews and Muslims is found in pogroms and expulsions, but also in the astonishing ways in which the culture of the West was transformed by Jewish and Islamic learning. We shall explore the stunning beauty of the Book of Kells, exquisitely prepared by monks as the Vikings terrorized the coast of England. We will experience the blue light of the windows of Chartres, and ponder the opening questions of Thomas Aquinas’ great Summa. We will read from the Gutenberg Bible of the fifteenth century, which heralded the revolution brought by the printing press. We will travel from Calvin’s Geneva to Elizabeth’s England to Trent, where a Catholic Council met to inaugurate a modern, missionary Catholic church. We will walk through the great Escorial of Philip II of Spain, hear the poetry of John of the Cross, and follow the Jesuits to Brazil and China. Christianity in the West was forged in the fires of conflict and tumult, and it brought forth both creativity and violence. It echoed with calls for God’s world to be transformed, it inspired the most sublime art and architecture, yet it also revealed the power of the union of cross and sword to destroy. The course is a journey through the formation of the West as one strand of Christianity, as one chapter in a global story. It is a journey that has shaped our world....

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ES

Mar 22, 2018

A great journey! Lots of information and bonus material! I'm very thankful for the course. It might be that the professor's speech is sometimes a bit difficult to follow, but it's a minor drawback

AB

Jan 2, 2021

Thank you so much for offering this course for free. It was a great way to learn and understand the complicated history of my faith as it maneuvered the world around it that I was never aware of.

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151 - A Journey through Western Christianity: from Persecuted Faith to Global Religion (200 - 1650) 的 175 个评论（共 212 个）

创建者 Julio C N P

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May 1, 2017

excellent mooc, thank you very much.

创建者 María D D C

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Apr 17, 2022

Great course , very well explained

创建者 Brent H

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Jun 7, 2018

great course, very informative.

创建者 Andre R

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Oct 12, 2024

Ensino instrutivo, recomendo.

创建者 Zainab

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Jan 1, 2021

Very thorough and detailed.

创建者 Anılcan S

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Aug 13, 2020

Perfect! Thank you so much.

创建者 Gordon T

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May 10, 2022

Excellent course of study.

创建者 Ubaldo G E D V

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Aug 8, 2020

Bruce Gordon is just great

创建者 Omacel E

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Jun 14, 2017

Excellent! Really worthy.

创建者 Edwart A C

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Sep 10, 2018

Excellent course!!!

创建者 Derik B

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Apr 10, 2017

Excellent course.

创建者 Eddie G

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Jul 6, 2023

awesome course !

创建者 Philip S

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Sep 5, 2022

Excellent course

创建者 MARIA F S J C

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Apr 2, 2021

Very good course

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Oct 23, 2017

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创建者 Josué E F

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May 7, 2024

Muchas gracias.

创建者 Konrad L

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Apr 17, 2022

Amazing course.

创建者 Alice T

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Oct 15, 2017

very insightful

创建者 Ferdinando C S

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Oct 29, 2023

Very very good

创建者 Paulo S L B

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Dec 26, 2019

Curso incrivel

创建者 Alisa C

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Apr 9, 2025

Learned alot!

创建者 Renatto R

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Jul 24, 2025

Professional

创建者 Ralph N

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Jun 22, 2017

Great Course

创建者 Elizabeth

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Apr 10, 2021

Very good!!