Old Western Culture

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Christendom | Live Flipped Classroom (2019-2020)
/ month for 6 months
Old Western Culture: Christendom
Old Western Culture: Christendom is a full year of instruction divided into four quarters: Early Medievals, The Defense of the Faith, The Medieval Mind, and The Reformation. In this “flipped-classroom” approach, students learn from the award-winning Old Western Culture video-centric curriculum, and then meet for live discussion each week with an instructor. As an integrated humanities curriculum, Christendom explores history, theology, philosophy, poetry, and art through the greatest works of influential literature of the Western world, and from a Christian perspective.

Credits: 2 (English, Literature/History).
Instructor: Scott Postma
Recitation Time: Wednesday, 8:00 am – 9:30 a.m. PST
Price: $600 for instruction | Full academic year.

Old Western Culture: Christendom class materials are not included with the live class, but can be purchased separately here.

Schola student? Register HERE.

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Christendom through Schola Classical Tutorials (2018-2019)
$500.00
Old Western Culture: Christendom is a full year of instruction divided into four quarters: Early Medievals, The Defense of the Faith, The Medieval Mind, and The Reformation. In this “flipped-classroom” approach, students learn from the award-winning Old Western Culture video-centric curriculum, and then meet for live discussion each week with Wesley Callihan. As an integrated humanities curriculum, Christendom explores history, theology, philosophy, poetry, and art through the greatest works of influential literature of the Western world, and from a Christian perspective.

RECITATION TIMES:
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9:00-10:00 a.m. Pacific

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Christendom: Defense of the Faith

Christendom: Defense of the Faith,Scholasticism in the High Middle Ages, immerses students into one of the most misunderstood periods of history. Start by learning about Anselm's theological defense of the faith as he explains his ontological argument for the existence of God. Through Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain, learn about the background to the Crusades. Finally, learn about the Crusades themselves, both the good, and the bad. Don't miss the harrowing tales of Vikings escaping Constantinople and knights fighting for the faith!

NEW: Defense of Faith Reader

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Christendom: Early Medievals

Christendom: Early Medievals, The Growth of European Christianity, introduces students to life in the Middle Ages from a Christian perspective. Students will read about the military exploits of the Eastern Roman Empire under the emperor Justinian as chronicled by Procopius, the last great historian of the Roman world. Learn how the development of monasticism preserved learning and culture after the fall of the Roman Empire, contrary to Enlightenment assumptions. Learn about the central role that Irish Christianity played in the spread of the gospel through the lives of St. Patrick, Bede, and others. Enjoy the timeless tales of Beowulf, Alfred and Great, and the origins of Arthurian legend that have shaped the Anglo-Saxon imagination for centuries.

See also: Reader for Early Medievals

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Christendom: The Medieval Mind

Christendom: The Medieval Mind begins by guiding students through the basics of Thomas Aquinas' Compendium, introducing students to the medieval mindset which greatly influenced later theologians and philosophers. With this foundation, students embark on a journey through Dante's conception of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise in The Divine Comedy, exploring medieval concepts of guilt, atonement, beauty, and the cosmos. Meet many classic characters from the Greeks to Dante's present day as Dante uses his allegory to explore human nature, as well as the politics of his day.

NEW: The Medieval Mind Reader

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Christendom: The Reformation

Christendom: The Reformation: Post Tenebras Lux, introduces students to the great minds of the Reformation: John Calvin, Martin Luther, Thomas Cranmer, and Erasmus. But a study of this tumultuous period of history would be sorely lacking without a thorough understanding of the historical setting of the Reformation. Wesley Callihan and Dr. Chris Schlect team up to lay a solid foundation for understanding the origins and struggles of the Reformation, as well as its theology and influence. Students will read part of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, as well as Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Spenser’s Faerie Queene.

NEW: The Reformation Reader

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Drama and Lyric Reader
$29.00
Drama and Lyric Reader is a selection of Greek plays and poetry from early antiquity. It is designed to complement The Greeks: Drama and Lyric, a unit in the Old Western Culture curriculum. Based on the Great Books of western civilization, Old Western Culture guides students through the literature, history, theology, and philosophy of the West, and does so from a Christian perspective.

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Early Christianity Reader
$29.00
EARLY CHRISTIANITY reader is a selection of patristic works from the early church. It was designed to complement The Romans: Early Christianity, a unit in the Old Western Culture curriculum, and includes all the assigned readings in one volume! As with all units of Old Western Culture, students may purchase or use their own texts, use the free PDF edition of this text, or use the Kindle Edition (from Amazon). This print edition reader was made as a convenience to students who prefer a physical edition of the works, but do not own and do not wish to purchase all the various texts.

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Early Moderns | Live Flipped Classroom (2019-2020)
/ month for 6 months
Old Western Culture: Early Moderns
Old Western Culture: Early Moderns is a full year of instruction divided into four quarters: Rise of England, Poetry and Politics, The Enlightenment and The Novels. In this “flipped-classroom” approach, students learn from the award-winning Old Western Culture video-centric curriculum, and then meet for live discussion each week with Scott Postma, their instructor. As an integrated humanities curriculum, Old Western Culture explores history, theology, philosophy, poetry, and art through the greatest works of influential literature of the Western world, and from a Christian perspective.

Credits: 2 (English, Literature/History).
Instructor: Scott Postma
Recitation Time: Thursday, 8:00 am – 9:30 a.m. PST
Price: $600 for instruction | Full academic year.

Old Western Culture: Early Moderns class materials are not included with the live class, but can be purchased separately here.

Schola student? Register HERE.

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Early Moderns through Schola Classical Tutorials (2018-2019)
~~$700.00~~ $501.00
Old Western Culture: Early Moderns, is a full-year literature and history curriculum for high school students (and above). Learn about the greatest and most influential works from the early modern period, reading Donne, Milton, Locke, Pope, Burke, Austen, Dickens, Dostoyevsky, and more! In this “flipped-classroom” approach, students learn from the award-winning Old Western Culture video course, and then meet for live discussion each week with the author of the course, Wesley Callihan. As an integrated humanities curriculum, Early Moderns explores history, theology, philosophy, poetry, and art from the perspective of the greatest works of influential literature of the Western world.

SPECIAL NOTE: Early Moderns is partially released. Read the full note in the description below!

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10:30-12:00 a.m. Pacific

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