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The History of Christianity: From the Disciples to the Dawn of the Reformation
- Narrated by: Luke Timothy Johnson
- Length: 17 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
How did a persecuted sect in 1st-century Palestine rise to command such a massive influence on human culture, imagination, and spirit? How did Christianity weather the first critical stages of its historical development and attain its fundamental and enduring cultural role?
Speaking incisively to all of this and more, these 36 enthralling lectures 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 of Emory University, 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 and rivalries, 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.
Throughout this series, you'll look deeply into the nature and role of faith, the ethos of our civilization, and the core conceptions of identity and ethics that underlie the Western worldview. This is history in the most vivid and meaningful sense of the word: an inquiry into the past that opens a compelling awareness of our present-of our living origins, our ultimate horizons, our deeper selves.
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- 22-09-21
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I was looking and expecting a History of Christianity. The title of the book is misleading. It's a viewpoint of the author rather than a history. It's not history like who did what, when, and where. It’s just direct criticism of Christianity. One can always criticize others but cannot manipulate and change the course of history. Also, He failed to mention and refer to 3rd or 4th centuries famous historians. One of them, for example, Eusebius of Caesarea the great historian who is one of the most reliable early Christian researchers and historians. He failed to mention any other historical evidence.
The author hardly mentioned anything about the persecution of the early Christians. As we know Paul himself had participated in the persecution of early disciples of Jesus Christ, to the Jews converted to Christianity, before himself converting into Christianity. And he himself had persecuted in later days, the rest of his life. Without mentioning Christian persecution one cannot write a history of Christianity.
He also mentioned the common era instead of Anno Domini. For example, It’s like in my school we had been teaching American Curriculum for more than a decade. Then we appointed someone who is pro-commonwealth countries. And suddenly he started working on changing the entire curriculum into a British curriculum. Trying to hijack the whole system. In India or China on many occasions, they use their own calendar system, not the Gregorian calendar. Likewise, you can always use your CE or BCE without starting from Christ’s birth but start from 1615 when you first started to use your CE.. mark it as 1st CE but why rename BC or AD? Writing Christian history and trying to eliminate Christ from history! No doubt you’ve acquired knowledge on Christianity but also no doubt you are very subjective!
I noted him mentioning many offensive tones and words as well. As an author or scholar, these cannot be acceptable. Well, I've spent enough time listening and writing these. Sorry I couldn't accommodate my time to listen to the whole chapter. It's a waste of time if you're looking for good historical information that is objectively correct. not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing the facts.
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