Christianity: A History

Christianity: A History is an eight-part television series produced in 2009 by Pioneer Productions for Channel 4.[1] Each episode is presented by a different personality with a connection to the story they tell. The episodes cover a range of personal views on issues from the religion's inception in Palestine[2] and its progression in the Roman empire, the Crusades, English Reformation, colonial dissemination and the Age of Enlightenment, to the impacts of science and 21st-century views.[3]

Show Listing[4]
  • Jesus The Jew
    • Writer Howard Jacobson discusses the nature of Jesus' 'Jewish-ness' and looks at the chequered relationship between Judaism and Christianity.
  • Rome
    • Michael Portillo investigates the political compromises that Christianity was forced to make when the Roman Empire adopted it as its official religion.
  • Dark Ages
    • Theologian Robert Beckford looks at the impact Christianity has had on Britain and argues that the sixth-century conversion was the most important event in British history.
  • Crusades
    • War reporter Rageh Omaar examines the relationship between Christianity and war, and the lasting impact of the Crusades on Christianity's relations with Islam.
  • Reformation
    • Ann Widdecombe, who has converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, focuses on the Reformation and the intolerance, divisions, and bloodshed it caused.
  • Dark Continents
    • Writer and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah, whose African ancestors were enslaved and converted as part of the European colonial conquest of Africa, investigates the global spread of Christianity.
  • God and the Scientists
    • Leading British scientist Colin Blakemore examines the impact of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries and how scientific discovery challenged centuries of biblical teachings.
  • The Future of Christianity
    • And in the final episode, QC Cherie Blair looks at the challenges Christianity faced in the 20th century from war, genocide and revolutionary social change; and asks whether as a world religion it has a real future.

References
  1. "Christianity: A History". Pioneer TV. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  2. Jacobson, Howard: Behold! The Jewish Jesus at The Guardian, 9 January 2009. Accessed 17 April 2013
  3. "Christianity: A History". Channel 4. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1366309/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


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