Resources
The Sixth Extinction
Shared Resources:
- Geologic Time Chart - https://imnh.iri.isu.edu/exhibits/online/geo_time/geo_chart.htm
- Lethal Seas - www.pbs.org/video/nova-lethal-seas/
- The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/30/anthropocene-epoch-have-we-entered-a-new-phase-of-planetary-history
- Continental Drift Video
- A Change is Gonna Com
Links:
- The New York Times article about the 14th Amendment, The Constitutional Amendment That Reinvented Freedom.
Milton's Ode "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity"
Poetry Foundation link to John Milton's ode "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity".
This is the link to the youtube video of the Milton poem that was requested. It is illustrated with numerous paintings and has background music by Arcangelo Corelli.
This is the link to the youtube video of the Milton poem that was requested. It is illustrated with numerous paintings and has background music by Arcangelo Corelli.
The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic
John Shelby Spong
John Shelby Spong - Chautauqua lecture series on the Gospel of John - Check out this playlist on YouTube:
The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution
David O. Stewart
David O. Stewart
"No morn ever dawned more favourably than ours did; and no day was ever more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm."
George Washington letter to James Madison - November 5, 1786
Prof. Gerard Magliocca penned a scholarly article recently on the Bill of Rights and this blog post summarizes that article. http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/2015/06/magliocca-on-the-bill-of-rights.html
Washington Post Article - The United States is both a ‘republic’ and a ‘democracy’ www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/11/14/the-united-states-is-both-a-republic-and-a-democracy-because-democracy-is-like-cash/?utm_term=.a430155677c5
David O. Stewart interview on C-SPAN
Washington Post Article - The United States is both a ‘republic’ and a ‘democracy’ www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/11/14/the-united-states-is-both-a-republic-and-a-democracy-because-democracy-is-like-cash/?utm_term=.a430155677c5
David O. Stewart interview on C-SPAN
- Interview: https://www.c-span.org/video/?197530-1/qa-david-stewart
- Call in segment: https://www.c-span.org/video/?197120-2/summer-1787
The Epic of Gilgamesh
(trans. Danny P. Jackson)
Link to other resources:
- Gilgamesh - www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/gilgamesh/
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande
Links to other resources:
Death of Ivan Ilyich
by Leo Tolstoy
Some pronunciations to help with the Tolstoy Death of Ivan Ilyich:
Ivan Ilyich ee VAHN ill YITCH Peter Ivanovich ee VAHN oh vitch Fedor Vasilievich FYEH dor vah SEEL ee vitch Gerasim gher AH sim Pyotyr (Peter) pi OH tur Praskovya Fedorovna prahs KOHV yah fyeh DOR ov na Epimovich Golovin ep EEM oh vitch GOL oh vihn |
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
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Mere Christianity
by C. S. Lewis
There are several audio versions of the C. S. Lewis' book, Mere Christianity.
- Truth According To Scripture - this website has both an audio version and the full text for reading online.
- Preface
- Book I - RIGHT AND WRONG AS A CLUE TO THE MEANING OF THE UNIVERSE
- The Law of Human Nature
- Some Objections
- The Reality of the Law
- What Lies Behind the Law
- We Have Cause to be Uneasy
- Book II - WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE
- The Rival Conceptions of God
- The Invasion
- The Shocking Alternative
- The Perfect Penitent
- The Practical Conclusion
- Book III - CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR
- The Three Parts of Morality
- The "Cardinal Virtues"
- Social Morality
- Morality and Psychoanalysis
- Sexual Morality
- Christian Marriage
- Forgiveness
- The Great Sin
- Charity
- Hope
- Faith
- Faith - Second Sense
- Book IV - Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine Of The Trinity
- Making and Begetting
- The Three-Personal God
- Time And Beyond Time
- Good Infection
- The Obstinate Toy Soldiers
- Two Notes
- Let's Pretend
- Is Christianity Hard Or Easy?
- Counting The Cost
- Nice People Or New Men
- The New Men
Christians in the Public Square
by Ellen Ott Marshall
Discussion notes were distributed in class. Dr. Ellen Ott Marshall will join us on Sunday, April 24th, for an open discussion.
The Faerie Queene: Book 1
by Edmund Spenser
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book 1 is available for download on Gutenberg.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15272
LibriVox has an audio archived version that is available to listen online or download to a device.
https://archive.org/details/faeriequeene_1401_librivox
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15272
LibriVox has an audio archived version that is available to listen online or download to a device.
https://archive.org/details/faeriequeene_1401_librivox
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Notes on Gallipoli
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All Quiet On The Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
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The First World War
John Keegan
The First World War is available as an audiobook.
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4A
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West Point - Department of History
- World War I - Map 1 - Northwest Europe, 1914 - Western Front 1914 - Schlieffen Plan of 1905 and French Option Options in Plan XVII
- World War I - Map 2 - Belgium and France 1914 - Battle of Frontiers - North - (2-26 August 1914)
- World War I - Map 3 - Northwest Europe, 1914 - Allied Retreat - (30 August - 5 September 1914)
Chapter 4B
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West Point - Department of History
Chapter 5
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WW1 Battlefields - The Great War 1914-1918
"This website was created in 1998 by Joanna Legg (neé Parker), Graham Parker and David Legg. We develop and maintain it in our own time and at our own expense." - http://www.greatwar.co.uk/index.htm
Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
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The Most Famous Poster -Library of Congress
Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most
Marcus J. Borg
Marcus J. Borg
Convictions: How I learned What Matters Most by Marcus J. Borg is available from iTunes and Barnes and Noble as an audiobook.
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- Chapters 1-3
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- Chapter 4
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- Chapter 5
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- Chapter 6
- Chapters 7 and 8
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