1: The First Christianity | A History of Christianity

Diarmaid MacCulloch reveals the origins of Christianity and asks if it can survive in our secular society. He shows how it began east of Jerusalem and Rome.

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1: The First Christianity | A History of Christianity

1: The First Christianity | A History of Christianity

BBC Four | 2009 | 58'45''

Diarmaid MacCulloch reveals the origins of Christianity and asks if it can survive in our secular society. He shows how...

2: Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome | A History of Christianity

2: Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome | A History of Christianity

BBC Four | 2009 | 59'09''

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the rise of Roman Catholicism. How did a small Jewish sect become wes...

3: Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire | A History of Christianity

3: Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire | A History of Christianity

BBC Four | 2009 | 58'12''

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity's fight for survival, having withstood threats fr...

4: Reformation: The Individual Before God | A History of Christianity

4: Reformation: The Individual Before God | A History of Christianity

BBC Four | 2009 | 58'42''

Diarmaid MacCulloch looks at the Reformation and sees how a faith based on obedience and authority led ...

5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion | A History of Christianity

5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion | A History of Christianity

BBC Four | 2009 | 58'36''

Diarmaid MacCulloch traces the growth of an exuberant expression of faith that has spread across the...

6: God in the Dock | A History of Christianity

6: God in the Dock | A History of Christianity

BBC Four | 2009 | 58'41''

Diarmaid MacCulloch examines the concept of scepticism in Western Christianity and challenges the idea that faith has ebbed aw...
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