Great World Religions: Christianity - Guidebook

In this lecture series, you'll consider fundamental issues
including Christianity's birth and expansion across the Mediterranean
world, the development of its doctrine, its transformation after
Christianity became the imperial religion of Rome, its many and deep
connections to Western culture, and the tensions within Christianity
today.

Professor Johnson's synthetic approach
provides first an overview of the Christian story, how it understands
history from creation to new creation - and the relation of scripture to
that history, and the Christian creed: what Christians believe about
God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the church. He also explains Christian
practice as expressed by the structure of the community and its
sacraments, by the struggles of Christians to find a coherent and
consistent moral teaching, and by various manifestations of
Christianity's more radical edge in martyrs, missionaries, and mystics.