Christians Reading Classics (Nadya Williams)
It is time Christians rediscovered the benefits of reading the great works of Greco-Roman classical literature as Christians.
Can Christians today read the Greco-Roman pagan classics for spiritual formation and growth in the virtues? Classical scholar Nadya Williams responds with an unequivocal “Yes!”
In twenty short videos, Williams introduces the viewers to ancient authors and their key works. She offers three interrelated reasons for Christians to read the pagan classics: to be surprised by joy, to understand the world of the Bible and the earliest Christians, and for character formation.
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Christians Reading Classics - Introduction - Why Should Christians Read Classics
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 1 - Homer and Glory
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 2 - Hesiod and the Quest for Meaning
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 3 - Pindar and Seeking Eternal Glory
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 4 - Herodotus, Thucydides, and Writing
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 5 - Aeschylus and the Formation of Virtue
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 6 - Sophocles Plays Clue
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 7 - Aristophanes and Euripides Remember
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 8 - Plato and Aristotle Teach Civics
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 9 - The Athenian Forensic Speechwriters
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Christians Reading Classics -Session 10 - How to Do Anything in an Ancient World
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 11 - Cicero, Caesar, & Political Rhetoric
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 12 - Ovid and the Rhetoric of Love
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 13 - Cato, Livy, and Exemplarity in Rome
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 14 - Vergil's Exemplary Romans
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 15 - Tacitus on How to Be a Good Man
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 16 - Suetonius, Plutarch, and the Emperor
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 17 - Apuleius and Marcus Aurelius Consider
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 18 - Three North African Converts Read
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Christians Reading Classics -Session 19 - The Christian Vergil's Violent Virtues
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Christians Reading Classics - Session 20 - Boethius and the Consolation