Cbc Ideas - Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes (3 Part Series)
22 mp3 - 48 kbps

IDEAS host Paul Kennedy looks at the life and legacy of the "first modern man".

This course introduces both macroeconomics and microeconomics. At a business and professional level, macroeconomics can help to answer questions such as the following: How much should I manufacture this month? How much inventory should I maintain? At a personal level: Should I switch jobs—or ask for a raise? Should I buy a house now or wait until next year? Should I get a variable or fixed-rate mortgage? And what about my investments for retirement? In contrast, microeconomics can help to answer the following questions: How can my firm minimize its costs and increase its profits? What prices should I charge for my products? Will I really be better off financially if I quit my job now and go back for an MBA degree? What kind of career should I be preparing myself for? What about that new refrigerator or automobile I want to buy?

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United States and the Middle East: 1914 to 9/11
(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Course No. 8593

Taught by Salim Yaqub
University of Chicago
Ph.D., Yale University

Format: MP3, 64 kbps, Stereo, ~320 MB

This lecture series is a narrative history of U.S. political involvement in the Middle East from World War I to the present day. Presented from a historian's perspective, it is meant to strengthen your ability to place today's headlines into historical context, evaluate what is most likely to happen next, and understand those oncoming events when they do occur.

Apostle Paul
(12 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture
+ Coursebook)
Taught by Luke Timothy Johnson
Emory University
Ph.D., Yale University 
Coming to grips with Christianity means coming to grips with Paul. There is no figure aside from Jesus himself who is more important to the history of this world religion, and no figure from the age of the early church about whom we know more or of whom we have a more rounded view.
This course addresses many questions concerning Paul's embattled life and work. Is Paul the inventor of Christianity or part of a larger movement? Is he best understood from the Acts of the Apostles or from his letters? Why does he focus on moral character of the community? How do his supporters and detractors depict him?
You consider his letters to the Thessalonians, Corinthians, and Galatians. You explore his religious commitments as a member of the Pharisaic movement, his persecution of the Christian sect, the dramatic experience that changed him into an apostle, and his work as a missionary and church founder.   

Course Lecture Titles

01 An Apostle Admired and Despised 02 How Should We Read Paul? 03 Paul’s Life and Letters 04 Problems of Early Christianity 05 First and Second Thessalonians 06 Life in the World—First Corinthians

07 Life in Christ—Second Corinthians 08 Life and Law—Galatians 09 Life and Righteousness—Romans 10 Fellowship—Letters from Captivity 11 History and Theology 12 Paul’s Influence

The Coursebook has been provided owing to cool592