Bibliograph

Great world religions, Christianity, Luke Timothy Johnson

Type

Label

Great world religions, Christianity, Luke Timothy Johnson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Great world religions

Oclc number

52996577

Responsibility statement

Luke Timothy Johnson

Runtime

360

Series statement

Great courses DVD

Sub title

Christianity

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

lecture 1. Christianity among world religions -- lecture 2. Birth and expansion -- lecture 3. Second century and self-definition -- lecture 4. The Christian story -- lecture 5. What Christians believe -- lecture 6. The church and sacraments -- lecture 7. Moral teaching -- lecture 8. The radical edge -- lecture 9. Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant -- lecture 10. Christianity and politics -- lecture 11. Christianity and culture -- lecture 12. Tensions and possibilities

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Christianity

Classification

Contributor