Philosophy, religion, and the meaning of life. Part 3 of 3

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Philosophy, religion, and the meaning of life. Part 3 of 3 [sound recording] / Francis J. Ambrosio.

Ambrosio, Francis J. (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary:

This course charts how the question of life's meaning has been pursued through the ages, highlighting the Western philosophical and religious paths in the human search for meaningful living.

Record details

ISBN: 9781598035803
ISBN: 1598035800
Physical Description: 6 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook.
Edition: Library ed.
Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Compact discs.

Course no. 4610.

Lectures 25-36 of 36; 30 minutes per lecture.

Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
Formatted Contents Note:: pt. 3: Lecture 25. Camus and the absurd hero -- Lecture 26. Flannery O'Connor and the mystery of grace -- Lecture 27. The Holocaust and the crisis of forgiveness -- Lecture 28. Faulkner and Beckett : images of the forlorn -- Lecture 29. Viktor Frankl : freedom's search for meaning -- Lecture 30. Simone Weil : imagining the secular saint -- Lecture 31. Simone Weil : a new Augustine? -- Lecture 32. Identifying the secular saint -- Lecture 33. The secular saint at the movies -- Lecture 34. Ernest Becker : the denial of death -- Lecture 35. Terror and hope in a planetary age -- Lecture 36. The secular saint : learning to walk upright.
Participant or Performer Note:: Lecturer: Professor Francis J. Ambrosio, Georgetown University.