Review on a Guide to the Two Sources of Western Civilization

Abstract

As a PhD. of medieval history, Professor Mark Buck came to China in 2005 and taught courses on Western culture and languages. The teaching materials for all his courses were written by himself, including those for Greek Mythology and The Interpretation of the Bible, which were later collected and published as A Guide to the Two Sources of Western Civilization, a textbook for college students’ cultural courses. This textbook not only shows us the author’s learned knowledge and versatile interests in every area of Western culture, but also his eagerness as an educator to combine the argumentative way of thinking of the western education into his book, which distinguishes this textbook from all the others.