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December 16, 2014 by kevinstilley

Spring Textbooks

These are the textbooks I am using this Spring in classes I am teaching in The College at Southwestern.

HIS 1213 : Western Civilization II

The Penguin Atlas of World History: Volume 2: From the French Revolution to the Present, by Hermann Kinder and Werner Hilgemann — ISBN. 0141012625

Church History, Volume Two: From Pre-Reformation to the Present Day: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual, and Political Context, by John Woodbridge and Frank James — ISBN. 0310257433

Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology, by Laura Otis — ISBN. 019955465X

HIS 2203: Renaissance and Reformation History

Renaissance and Reformation, by William Estep — ISBN. 0802800505

The Protestant Reformation, by Hans Hillerbrand — ISBN. 0061148474

The Portable Renaissance Reader, by James Ross — ISBN. 0140150617

Foxe’s Book of Martyrs: Select Narratives, by John Foxe — ISBN. 0199236844

IDE 2203: Renaissance and Reformation Seminar

The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri  — ISBN. 0199535647

Institutes of the Christian Religion, by John Calvin  — ISBN. 0801025249

Three Treatises, by Martin Luther  — ISBN. 0800616391

Praise of Folly, by Erasmus –ISBN. 0140446087

On Divine Foreknowledge: Part IV of the Concordia, by Luis De Molina  — ISBN. 0801489350

Utopia, by Thomas More — ISBN. 0140449108

The Prince, by Machiavelli  — ISBN. 0199535698

The Scientific Revolution: A Brief History with Documents, by Margaret C. Jacob  — ISBN. 0312653492

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare — ISBN. 0140714545

Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare — ISBN. 0199536120

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Church History, Education, History, Reading Lists, Reading Lists Tagged With: Modern History, Reformation, Renaissance, SWBTS, textbooks, western civilization

December 31, 2012 by kevinstilley

Spring Textbooks

Below are the textbooks I will be using in my classes this semester:

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY – HIS 3203

  • Churches, Revolutions and Empires: 1789-1914
  • Christianity and Western Thought, Volume 2: Faith and Reason in the 19th Century
  • What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
  • Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

WESTERN CIV II – HIS 1213

  • The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part 2: From the Bastille to Baghdad
  • Philosophy in the Modern World: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 4
  • The New Penguin Atlas of Recent History: Europe Since 1815
  • A Jacques Barzun Reader: Selections from His Works (Perennial Classics)

EARLY WESTERN CIVILIZATION – HIS 1103

  • The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
  • Holman Bible Atlas: A Complete Guide to the Expansive Geography of Biblical History
  • First and Second Maccabees (New Collegeville Bible Commentary: Old Testament Series)

EARLY WESTERN CIVILIZATION SEMINAR – IDE 1103

  • Greek Tragedies, Volume 1
  • A Student’s Guide to Liberal Learning (Isi Guides to the Major Disciplines)
  • Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (Students, this edition is not available at most retailers; you will probably need to purchase it at the campus bookstore to get the best price.)
  • The Metaphysics (Penguin Classics)
  • The Art of Rhetoric (Penguin Classics)
  • Poetics (Penguin Classics)
  • Plato: Republic
  • Timaeus and Critias (Penguin Classics)

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January 1, 2012 by kevinstilley

Textbooks for Spring 2012

It is pleasing that so many of my students for the coming semester have emailed me in advance inquiring about textbooks in order to get an early start on their reading.  Students, please get the exact editions that are listed.  You might have to pay a few extra dollars to get them, but you will be rewarded with both convenience and clarity.  Here they are …

Early Western Civilization Seminar (IDE 1103)

Author Textbook ISBN-13 ISBN-10
Aristotle Nichomachean Ethics 9780911589030 0911589031
Metaphysics

Rhetoric

 

Poetics

9780140446197

9780140445107

 

9780140446364

0140446192

0140445102

 

0140446362

Plato Republic

Timaeus and Critias

9780872201361

9780140442618

0872201368

0140442618

Sophocles (Greek Tragedies) Oediupus Rex, 2nd Ed. Antigone, Vol. 1 9780226307909 0226307905
Schall, James A Student’s Guide to Liberal Learning 9781882926534 1882926536
Troyka, Lynn, Quitman, & Douglas Hesse Handbook for Writers
(Simon & Schuster),9th Edition
9780136028604 0136028608


Church & Empires Seminar (IDE 1203)

Author Textbook ISBN-13 ISBN-10
Athanasius On The Incarnation 9780913836408 0913836400
Augustine Confessions 9780800787240 0800787242
City of God 9780385029100 0385029101
Cicero On Duties 9780521348355 0521348358
Aquinas Summa Theologiae(A Shorter Summa) 9780898704389 0898704383
Troyka, Lynn, Quitman, & Douglas Hesse Handbook for Writers
(Simon & Schuster), 9th Edition
9780136028604 0136028608

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December 19, 2010 by kevinstilley

Reading Your Textbooks

Advice to my students in regard to reading your textbooks:

In the days in which we live, the zeitgeist promotes the idea that more is better.  This philosophy of life has somehow extended itself into the area of religious education.  I am not suggesting that you should not read broadly, you should.  However, I believe that you will be better served by reading deeply.  In Sven Burkitt’s book, The Gutenberg Ellegies, he distinguishes these approaches as intensive reading versus extensive reading.

I have tried to find textbooks for you that are enjoyable to read, comprehensive in nature, and either consistent with a Christian worldview or culturally significant.  I encourage you to challenge yourself by going beyond the assigned readings and exposing yourself to other authors and ideas.  However, if the choice is between intensive reading of the class texts or the books on the class bibliography, I hope you will choose to read the class texts, then re-read them, and then read them again.

We can discuss this more in class, but for now I share with you an excerpt from the Preface of Andrew Murray’s book, The New Life;

“Let every portion be read over at least three times. The great bane of all our converse with Divine things is superficiality. When we read anything and understand it somewhat, we think that this is enough. No: we must give time, that it may make an impression and wield its own influence upon us. Read every portion the first time with consideration, to understand the good that is in it, and then see if you receive benefit from the thoughts that are there expressed. Read it the second time to see if it is really in accordance with God’s word: take some, if not all, of the texts that are adduced on each point, and ponder them in order to come under the full force of what God has said on the point. Let your God, through His word, teach you what you must think and believe concerning Him and His will. Read it then the third time to find out the corresponding places, not in the Bible, but in your own life, in order to know if your life has been in harmony with the New Life, and to direct your life for the future entirely according to God’s word. I am fully persuaded that the time and pains spent on such converse with the word of God under the teaching of this or some book that helps you in dealing with it, will be rewarded tenfold.”

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November 16, 2009 by kevinstilley

Textbooks

(A note for my SWBTS students:)  You have been asking what textbooks I will be using next semester. Hopefully, this advance notice will allow you to shop for the best prices. You will find below a list of the textbooks for the three sections I am teaching.

CHURCH AND EMPIRES (sections 1203a and 1203b)

  • A Short History of Byzantium, by John Julius Norwich – isbn. 0679772693
  • The Middle Ages, by Morris Bishop – isbn 061805703X
  • Medieval Philosophy (A New History of Western Philosophy, Vol. 2), by Anthony Kenny – isbn. 0198752741

EARLY WESTERN CIVILIZATION (section 1103A)

  • The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome, by Susan Wise Bauer – isbn 039305974X
  • Israel and the Nations: The History of Israel from the Exodus to the Fall of the Second Temple, by F.F. Bruce – isbn 0830815104

I am making some adjustments to the syllabus, but it should be available via Blackboard sometime during the next few weeks. If you want to do so pre-reading, I suggest starting with what interests you as you are more likely to stick with it that way. However, the texts will be tackled pretty much in the order you find them listed above. Enjoy!

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Front Page Tagged With: medieval, middle ages, textbooks, western civilization

July 31, 2008 by kevinstilley

Ancient Western Civilization Textbooks


I will be using the same books in both of the Ancient Western Civilization classes that I am teaching this Fall.  I tried to find books that were comprehensive, informative, and interesting.  I hope that those of you who are taking my classes agree.   I have shared the texts below in the event that you want to do some reading before class starts (as well as some comparative pricing).

Remember, the Lifeway college bookstore gives a 20% student discount on most books.  Here are some online prices;

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July 31, 2008 by kevinstilley

5 Tips For Keeping Textbook Prices Low


As a college professor I am sometimes shocked by how much money my students have to put out in order to get their textbooks; and that is before all the “recommended” reading. I try to make known the textbooks that will be used in class as early as possible so that my students may shop online (much to the displeasure of the campus bookstore).

So, here are five tips I make for keeping textbook prices low:

1. Try to start doing your textbook shopping as early as possible so you can comparison shop.

2. Buy used textbooks whenever possible.

3. Consider e-textbooks. The availability of digital downloads is growing rapidly.

4. If you can talk with your professor ahead of time, ask him/her how extensively the textbooks will be use and share textbooks with a classmate when it makes sense to do so.

5. See if the book is available in the library. If you can check it out in the library before school starts and read it ahead of time, you may not actually need to purchase the book.

Do you have other suggestions how to keep textbook prices low?

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March 2, 2008 by kevinstilley

Why Are Textbooks So Expensive?

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