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Description

The Surprising Lives of Christian Saints is a training course on the surprising lives of Christian saints published by The Great Courses Online Academy. You may be familiar with the Christian saint St. Peter, to whom Jesus gave the keys of the kingdom in the Bible. Saint Joan of Arc who led France to victory in the Hundred Years War. and St. Thomas Aquinas, whose philosophy on faith and reason, the existence of God, and the nature of the soul are deeply embedded in the theology of the church today. There are a host of lesser-known saints who have been immortalized for the miracles attributed to them and the struggles they endured. Who were these people in this training course? Or how everyday people around the world have been canonized? Who were they, what did they do, and why are they important to Christianity today? answers.

The Amazing Lives of Christian Saints, filled with enlightening stories and a collection of unforgettable figures, takes you on an enlightening journey through time and reveals the profound lives of people who have left an indelible mark on our world. In this course, you will learn how the interpretation of people and events changes as each new generation comes to understand Christianity and world history. With the help of this training course, you will get to know the amazing lives of Christian saints and understand what their impact is on our lives.

What you will learn in The Surprising Lives of Christian Saints course:

Wonderful lives of Christian saints
How they are selected
The impact of the interpretation of people and events as each new generation reaches its own understanding of Christianity and world history
The impact of these people on the world today
And …

Course details

Publisher: The Great Courses
teacher: Emily Graham, PhD
English language
Training level: introductory to advanced
Number of courses: 24
Training duration: 11 hours and 48 minutes