11 Previous Lectures

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11.01 History
11.02 Philosophy
11.03 Religious Studies
11.04 Theology
11.05 Women's Studies
A History of Christian Schism Explores the major divisions in church history: East-West Schism (1054), Western Schism (1378), and Protestant Reformation.
A History of the Afterlife Exploration of ancient Near Eastern, Greek, and medieval Christian ideas of heaven, hell, and the soul.
A History of the Afterlife Traces the development of modern ideas about the afterlife, heaven, and hell from pagan origins to the present.
A History of the Afterlife Traces the development of modern ideas about the afterlife, heaven, and hell from pagan origins to the present.
Christianity's Obsession with Sex Critical analysis of early Christian asceticism, monasticism, sexual guilt, and the theology of the body.
How Constantine Changed History Examines Constantine's legalization of Christianity, imperial state patronage, and the Council of Nicaea.
How Justinian Destroyed Rome to Save It Details the Byzantine reconquest of Italy and the collapse of municipal Roman administration leading to papal civic rule.
Jesus' First Followers According to Q Focused examination of the community life, ethics, and theology of the earliest Q followers.
Lost Christianities Comprehensive survey of competing early Christian movements (Proto-Orthodox, Gnostics, Ebionites, Marcionites).
Lost Christianities Investigates early Mediterranean Christian diversity prior to imperial Catholic/Orthodox hegemony.
Lost Gospels of the Hebrews Examination of non-canonical Jewish Christian gospels (Hebrews, Nazarenes, Ebionites) and Torah observance.
Proving God's Existence: The Ontological Argument Explores the history and formulations of the ontological argument, focusing primarily on Anselm of Bec.
Proving God's Existence: The Ontological Argument Explores the history and formulations of the ontological argument, focusing primarily on Anselm of Bec.
Sages against Prophets and Priests Examines the historical divergence between wisdom sages (sapiential literature) and temple priests/prophets.
The Gospel of Thomas Detailed analysis of the Nag Hammadi sayings gospel validating the genre of non-narrative logia collections.
The History of Free Will Traces the debate between free will and determinism from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
The History of Free Will Traces the debate between free will and determinism from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
The Rise and Fall of the Flat-Earther Church Study of biblical literalism, reactionary fundamentalism, and Wilbur Glenn Voliva's theocracy in Zion City, IL.
The Theology of Spinoza Examination of Baruch Spinoza's Deus sive Natura, geometrical proofs, rationalism, and radical monism.
Who Was John the Baptist? Historical-critical examination of John the Baptist, his independent movement, Mandaeism, and relationship to Jesus.
Who Wrote the Gospels? Analyzes the formation of the canonical gospels and early traditions regarding Peter's ministry and martyrdom.
Who Wrote the Gospels? Investigates the anonymous Greek authorship and late 1st-century composition of the canonical gospels.

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