A History of Christianity

  • : 2009
  • : 6
  • : 4
  • BBC Four
  • 21
  • Documentary

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The First Christianity
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05, 2009
When he was a small boy, Diarmaid MacCulloch's parents used to drive him round historic churches. Little did they know that they had created a monster, with the history of the Christian .. show full overview
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Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
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12, 2009
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch's grandfather was a devout pillar of the local Anglican church and felt that any dabbling in Catholicism was liable to pollute the English way of life. But .. show full overview
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Orthodoxy: From Empire to Empire
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19, 2009
Today, Eastern Orthodox Christianity flourishes in the Balkans and Russia, with over 150 million members worldwide. It is unlike Catholicism or Protestantism - worship is carefully .. show full overview
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Reformation: The Individual Before God
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26, 2009
The Amish today are peaceable folk, but five centuries ago their ancestors were seen as some of the most dangerous people in Europe. They were radicals - Protestants - who tore apart the .. show full overview
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Protestantism: The Evangelical Explosion
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04, 2009
Diarmaid MacCulloch traces the growth of an exuberant expression of faith that has spread across the globe - Evangelical Protestantism. Today, it is associated with conservative .. show full overview
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God in the Dock
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10, 2009
Diarmaid MacCulloch's own life story makes him a symbol of a distinctive feature about Western Christianity - scepticism, a tendency to doubt which has transformed both Western culture .. show full overview

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