The History of Christianity: From the Disciples to the Dawn of the Reformation: The Complete Course Contains All 36 Lectures
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    [synopsis] => For nearly 2,000 years, the Christian faith has remained at or near the center of Western moral debate and conceptions of human identity, just action, and ultimate meaning. How did this happen? 
Find out in these 36 illuminating lectures that tell the phenomenal story of Christianity's first 1,500 years, in all its remarkable diversity and complex dimension. In the company of Professor Johnson, you'll follow the dramatic trajectory of Christianity from its beginnings as a "cult of Jesus" to its rise as a fervent religious movement; from its emergence as an unstoppable force within the Roman Empire to its critical role as an imperial religion; from its remarkable growth, amid divisive disputes, to the ultimate schism between Eastern Orthodoxy and Western Catholicism; and from its spread throughout the Western world to its flowering as a culture that shaped Europe for 800 years.
Along the way, you'll correct misconceptions about Christianity's past; gain insight into the relation of faith to politics, economics, and culture; grasp how Christian institutions and liturgy originated and developed; better comprehend the cultural present, where a majority of Americans hold Christian beliefs; and deepen your appreciation of the majestic sweep of history that Christianity's rise represents.
These lectures bring to life a truly epic story, giving you a multilayered knowledge of Christianity's origins, rise, and civilization-shaping presence in our world.

All Lectures: 
1. The Historical Study of Christianity
2. The First Cultural Context - Greece and Rome
3. The First Cultural Context - Judaism
4. The Jesus Movement and the Birth of Christianity
5. Paul and Christianity's First Expansion
6. The Diversity of Early Christianity
7. The Unpopular Cult - Persecution
8. Forms of Witness - Martyrdom and Apologetic
9. Extreme Christianity in the 2nd and 3rd Centuries
10. The Shaping of Orthodoxy
11. Institutional Development before Constantine
12. The Beginnings of Christian Philosophy
13. Imperial Politics and Religion
14. Constantine and the Established Church
15. The Extension of Christian Culture
16. Monasticism as Radical Christianity
17. The Emergence of Patriarchal Centers
18. Theological Crisis and Council - The Trinity
19. Theological Crisis and Council - Christology
20. The Distinctive Issues of the Latin West
21. Expansion beyond the Boundaries of Empire
22. The Court of Justinian and Byzantine Christianity
23. The Rise of Islam and the Threat of Iconoclasm
24. Eastern Orthodoxy - Holy Tradition
25. From Roman Empire to Holy Roman Empire
26. Benedictine Monasticism and Its Influence
27. Evangelization of Western Europe
28. The Great Divorce between East and West
29. Monastic Reform
30. Cathedrals and Chapters
31. The Crusades
32. Papal Revolution
33. Universities and Theology
34. The Great Plague
35. Corruption and the Beginnings of Reform
36. The Ever-Adapting Religion
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