Muesse, Mark W.

Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad / Mark W. Muesse ; The Teaching Company. - 1st ed. - Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2003. - 6 DVDs (360 min) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Course Guidebook (155 p. : ill. ; 19 cm). - The Great Courses .

Includes bibliographical references, index and glossary.

"Confucius. Buddha. Jesus. Muhammad. Four extraordinary sages who influenced world civilization more deeply than any other human beings in history. As just one measure of their importance, current rankings of the most influential people in history consistently put them at or near the top of the list. Four centuries after the rise of the scientific worldview, their influence in human affairs continues to be fundamental, underscoring issues ranging from questions of ethics and justice to religious and political conflicts to other issues that dominate today's headlines" (Publisher`s website). DVD CONTENTS: Disc 1
1. A Quartet of Sages
2. Confucius`s China
3. Becoming a Sage
4. A Gentleman and a Scholar
5. Heaven and Earth
6. Doing unto Others
Disc 2
7. How to Rule a Kingdom
8. What a Sage Does
9. Confucius and Confucianism
10. India at the Time of the Buddha
11. Siddhattha Gotama
12. The First and Second Great Awakenings
Disc 3
13. Knowing the World
14. Can`t Get No Satisfaction
15. Getting to the Farther Shore
16. How the Buddha Taught
17. The Buddha and Buddhism

18. The Jewish and Roman Worlds of Jesus
Disc 4
19. The Son of Mary
20. The First 30 Years
21. The Kingdom of God
22. Back to the Future
23. Jesus`s Christology
24. The Last Days in Jerusalem
Disc 5
25. How Jesus Became Christ
26. Arabia in the Days of Ignorance
27. The Trustworthy One
28. "I Am Only a Messenger"
29. Madinah
30. "There is No God but al-Lah"
Disc 6
31. The Ethics of Islam
32. The Greater Jihad
33 The Conquest of Makkah
34. Their Lives Compared
35. Their Teachings Compared
36. Their Enduring Significance


"Confucius. Buddha. Jesus. Muhammad. Four extraordinary sages who influenced world civilization more deeply than any other human beings in history. As just one measure of their importance, current rankings of the most influential people in history consistently put them at or near the top of the list. Four centuries after the rise of the scientific worldview, their influence in human affairs continues to be fundamental, underscoring issues ranging from questions of ethics and justice to religious and political conflicts to other issues that dominate today's headlines" (Publisher`s website). DVD CONTENTS:

Disc 1
1. A Quartet of Sages
2. Confucius`s China
3. Becoming a Sage
4. A Gentleman and a Scholar
5. Heaven and Earth
6. Doing unto Others

Disc 2
7. How to Rule a Kingdom
8. What a Sage Does
9. Confucius and Confucianism
10. India at the Time of the Buddha
11. Siddhattha Gotama
12. The First and Second Great Awakenings

Disc 3
13. Knowing the World
14. Can`t Get No Satisfaction
15. Getting to the Farther Shore
16. How the Buddha Taught
17. The Buddha and Buddhism
18. The Jewish and Roman Worlds of Jesus

Disc 4
19. The Son of Mary
20. The First 30 Years
21. The Kingdom of God
22. Back to the Future
23. Jesus`s Christology
24. The Last Days in Jerusalem

Disc 5
25. How Jesus Became Christ
26. Arabia in the Days of Ignorance
27. The Trustworthy One
28. "I Am Only a Messenger"
29. Madinah
30. "There is No God but al-Lah"

Disc 6
31. The Ethics of Islam
32. The Greater Jihad
33 The Conquest of Makkah
34. Their Lives Compared
35. Their Teachings Compared
36. Their Enduring Significance

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