Christianity: A History

Cherie Blair visits Liverpool, the city where she was brought up a Catholic

Series 1, Episode The Future of Christianity 8

1:49

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How and why does Christianity remain so strong in the US?

Series 1, Episode The Future of Christianity 8

2:03

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The growth of modern science was nurtured by the church

Series 1, Episode God and the Scientists 7

2:15

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The Vatican turned on Galileo when his observations of the stars supported the views of a heretic

Series 1, Episode God and the Scientists 7

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Kwame Kwei-Armah sets out to discover the historical roots of his own beliefs

Series 1, Episode Dark Continents 6

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This slave fortress in Ghana was also used by missionaries

Series 1, Episode Dark Continents 6

1:40

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Ann Widdecombe explains her own conversion to Catholicism and puts it in a historical context

Series 1, Episode Reformation 5

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Henry the Eighth changed the course of Christianity in order to divorce his wife

Series 1, Episode Reformation 5

1:45

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St Augustine laid out the conditions under which Christians could justify war

Series 1, Episode Crusades 4

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Rageh Omaar learns about some of the atrocities carried out by the Crusaders

Series 1, Episode Crusades 4

2:05

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Robert Beckford looks at the birth and longevity of Christianity in Britain

Series 1, Episode Dark Ages 3

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A Benedictine monk from the middle ages was the first person to identify a unified English people

Series 1, Episode Dark Ages 3

1:34

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