Status
Available
Call number
Series
Collections
Publication
Great Courses (2003), Edition: 2nd, 6 hours, 12 lectures, 83 pages
Description
Provides an overview of Christianity, the world's largest religion, and discusses why, in addition to being vast and popular, it is also extremely complex and often highly contradictory. Explains why the central figures, elements, and creeds of Christianity are hard to fathom yet give Christianity its distinctive character. Covers topics such as Christianity's birth and expansion across the Mediterranean world, the development of its doctrine, its assertion that Jesus was both a man and God, its transformation upon becoming Rome's imperial religion, its many and deep connections to Western culture, and the tensions in Christianity today.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
83 p.; 7.5 inches
Local notes
[1] Christianity among world religions [2] Birth and expansion [3] Second century and self-definition [4] Christian story [5] What Christians believe [6] Church and sacraments [7] Moral teaching [8] Radical edge [9] Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant [10] Christianity and politics [11] Christianity and culture [12] Tensions and possibilities