A History of Christianity: The First 3000 Years, on DVD

With thanks to Diarmaid MacCulloch for telling me about this-

A History of Christianity: The First 3000 Years is the DVD presentation based on the author’s very new book.

The set consists of 6 discs at an hour each.

A History of Christianity, a six-part series presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, an Oxford history professor whose books about Cranmer and the Reformation have been acclaimed as masterpieces. A History Of Christianity will reveal the true origins of Christianity and delve into what it means to be a Christian. Intelligent, thought-provoking and magisterial in its scope the series will uncover how a small Jewish sect that preached humility became the biggest religion in the world. Most Christian histories start with St Paul’s mission to Rome, but Diarmaid MacCulloch argues that the first Christianity stayed much closer to its Middle-Eastern roots. He describes not only the main ideas and personalities of Christian history, its organization and spirituality, but how it has changed politics, sex, and human society.

The book is fantastic.  Doubtless the DVD series will be quite useful for Church groups or study groups.  It’s also available from Amazon for a few dollars less.