A History Of Christianity - Season 1 - Eps 6: God In The Dock
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 and Christianity. In the final programme in the series he asks where that change came from. He challenges the simplistic notion that faith in Christianity has steadily ebbed away before the relentless advance of science, reason and progress and shows instead how the tide of faith perversely flows back in. Despite the attacks of Newton, Voltaire, the French Revolutionaries and Darwin, Christianity has shown a remarkable resilience. The greatest damage to Christianity was actually inflicted to its moral credibility by the two great wars of the 20th century and by its entanglement with fascism and Nazism. And yet it is during crisis that the Church has rediscovered deep and enduring truths about itself, which may even be a clue to its future.
About A History Of Christianity
Title: A History Of Christianity
First Air Date: 2009-11-05
Last Air Date: 2009-12-10
Status: Ended
Rating: 7/10 (from 7 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 6
Network: BBC Four
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian.
Cast
Diarmaid MacCulloch
