This was the last video of the two church history playlists. I watched them all. I learned a lot. Thank you so much Ryan Reeves for making this videos! God bless you! Jan
I watched the whole series, since the early church until here. Thank you very much Doctor Reeves. It was an informative and precious time that I will carry on with me, though I know it is just an introduction to all that is there to be studied on church history.
Call-response is a definite feature of African American and African religion. It occurs both in the preaching and in hymns and songs. I've noticed this even in Tanzanian Lutheran hymns. Some scholars have called it a kind of "participatory democracy".
Thank you very much for making these presentations on church history and posting them on RU-vid. I have listened to the presentations on the ancient and medieval church, Martin Luther and John Calvin, and this series on the reformation and the modern church. It was quite helpful in giving me an outline of the developments in the Protestant churches with some attention on their worldview and theology, as well as the cultural backdrop.
The last lecture of the series was excellent as many many others were along the way. I just completed the second series after having started on the first series back in March of this year. I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting a good survey of the history and outline of the theological developments within Christianity over the last two millennia. As a secularist non-believer I found both series even handed and accessible. I'll admit, I did have to expend some effort getting through some of the more theological subject matter. Penetrating the intricacies of someone else's belief system isn't simple. Add to that something of a tendency on my part, to reflexively tune out on theological subjects. The two lecture series have helped fill some large gaps in my appreciation of western culture and history. Thank you!
Mr. Peeves, was led to your channel. Thank you for this informative video. As an American Black woman, I am deeply distressed by the falling away of Black people from Christianity. As with all other things that concern our lives, no one has regard for our ailments other than us. My channel is dedicated to trying to retrieve many of my tribe for Christ. A great many do not believe Black Christians ever fought for Black people. Are there works you would suggest I bring to my audience as proof/ research of the truth? Are there discussions in theological circles regarding the reduction of Black Christians in America?
Growing up in the south, I personally witnessed it become so assimilated that blacks & whites now eat dinner together frequently on a daily basis. This is because most blacks dont like cold weather,..so most blacks stayed in the south. Fortunately, the guilt that has caused so much hysteria today, had an initial positive effect on the south. This initiated today's southern assimilation. In fact, my family married into a black family, & my REAL last name is shared with many blacks!
I have just finished watching your playlists for early, medieval, and modern church history and I have a request. Would it be permissible for me to ask you to do a video or two on Molina and molinism?
One more thing! After moving to New York, I realized that the Northeastern part of America, is much more separated & racially divided than the southern U.S.A. Although, the demographic ignorance & political divisiveness of the left, has caused most of America to believe that the south is still a hotbed of racial angst.
I do feel Americans "owe" the black community a well deserved apology & "justice system reform". Such as, legalizing "most" drugs so that the illegal drug market disappears. And thus, the criminal element created by prohibition disappears also! However, I feel that we do not owe them infinite apologies, or infinite taxpayer funding. So they are "more inclined" to sit idle & collect, rather than enter the workforce.
***** Once upon a time, I considered myself to be libertarian. But, the left has become so bias & constantly painting the scarlet letter on the foreheads, of all whom they deem guilty of "heresy". Such as, "there perchance for branding people as racist, sexist scum, if they happen not to like something about blacks, gays or Muslims". I'm all for the libertarian ideals. Like, "each citizen sacrificing a little, so as to provide more for all"...but branding people with such titles as "racist - Islamophobic - homophobic Bigot" damages their career, social status & family life. I It's just not right....so, I cannot side with the left anymore. I'm more of a centrist/realist.
Legalization of harmful substances does not get rid of the social issues in which the substances cause. The bigger question is why does drug use happen?
The civil rights movement happened because the north imposed "social integration" upon a defeated enemy (the south). This Northern style integration caused white southerners to resent the black community that it once lived with in "social-caste harmony" AKA ( everyone knowing their place). Not to say slavery was right,..but after the war NOBODY knew their place anymore,..& then the north stepped in to "direct" the south in how to be "good Americans". This caused extreme resentment towards the the north & their percieved arrogant post-war social integration policy. Because it was imposed upon a misunderstood southern society from "their" northern perspective of what an American society should look like. Thus, in turn the south imposed it's own laws (Jim Crow) in response to the north's post-war "punishment" of the white south.
