A Great Courses DVD, under the topic of Religion and Theology, Subtopic Christianity. Taught by Professor William R. Cook from the State University of New York at Geneseo His biography is at https://www.thegreatcourses.com/profe... The course information can be found at: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/cours... Lecture 1. The earliest churches—Lecture 2. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre—Lecture 3. Hagia Sophia—Lecture 4. The cave churches of Cappadocia—Lecture 5. Great churches of Russia—Lecture 6. The painted churches of Romania—Lecture 7. The churches of Armenia—Lecture 8. The churches of Georgia—Lecture 9. The rock-hewn churches of Ethiopia—Lecture 10. The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba—Lecture 11. The stave churches of Norway—Lecture 12. The Pilgrimage Church of Sainte-Foy—Lecture 13. The Cathedral of Monreale—Lecture 14. Chartres Cathedral—Lecture 15. Winchester Cathedral—Lecture 16. The Cathedral of Siena—Lecture 17. St. Peter's Basilica—Lecture 18. The Wieskirche in Bavaria—Lecture 19. La Compañia and Las Lajas Sanctuary—Lecture 20. Guadalupe and the Cathedral of Mixico City—Lecture 21. Four great American churches—Lecture 22. La Sagrada Familia—Lecture 23. Iceland's Hallgrimskirkja—Lecture 24. Two churches in Seoul, Korea.
Author
Dr. William R. Cook is the Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at the State University of New York at Geneseo, where he has taught since 1970. He earned his bachelor’s degree cum laude from Wabash College and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa there. He was then awarded Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Lehman fellowships to study medieval history at Cornell University, where he earned his Ph.D. Professor Cook teaches courses in ancient and medieval history, the Renaissance and Reformation periods, and the Bible and Christian thought. Since 1983 Professor Cook has directed 11 Seminars for School Teachers for the National Endowment for the Humanities. His books include Images of St. Francis of Assisi and Francis of Assisi: The Way of Poverty and Humility. Dr. Cook contributed to the Cambridge Companion to Giotto and edits and contributes to The Art of the Franciscan Order in Italy. Among his many awards, Professor Cook has received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 1992 the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education named him New York State’s Professor of the Year. In 2003 he received the first-ever CARA Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Medieval Studies from the Medieval Academy of America.
