1 – Synopsis
- Polytheism
- Greek Philosophy
- Jesus and His Jewish Roots
- Early Christian Controversies
- Augustine
- Medieval Developments
- The Protestant Reformation
- Early Modern Philosophers
- The Turn to Emotions
- Immanuel Kant and the 19th Century
- Masters of Suspicion
- 20th Century Theologians
2 – The Human Quest for Meaning
- Archeological Evidence
- HADD & Theory of the Mind
- Language and Social Theories
- An Historical Evaluation of the Development of Religion
- Nature-Myth Theory
- Darwin and Progressive Evolution
- Fetishism
- Animism
- Ghost-Worship and Totemism
- Pre-Animism and Magic
- Historical Ethnological Method
- The Primitive Monotheistic Supreme God
- Christian Perspective
- Theological Based Fears
- Historical Perspective
- Fear, Fath and Love
- Freud’s Three Physical/Temporal Based Fears
- Moral Relativism
- Societal Ills
- Religion is the cure to Our Communal Disease
5 – The Human Factor
- People from all Cultures Participate in Religious Activity
- People often try to influence deity in an attempt to control their future
- Tension between human free will and God’s sovereignty
- The pendulum effect – beliefs often gravitate to extremes
- Religion is often used to justify improper behavior
- People generally project their own values and beliefs onto others, which often distorts historical perspectives due to shifting values over time and between cultures
6 – What is True?
7 – What is True? continued . . . more
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Period I – The Early and Medieval Church