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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The Great Courses--Religions Religion--Buddhism Religion--Christianity Religion--Islam Religion and theology--Comparing