Christianity began in a polytheistic and Jewish Rome and expanded exponentially. However, at the same time, early Christian practices were even more varied than they are now. “The Triumph of Christianity” reveals how it “went viral.” […]
Dr. Bart D. Ehrman returns to Wondrium for “The Triumph of Christianity.” His previous Great Courses included “The Historical Jesus” and “Lost Christianities,” among others. This may be his most important course yet. […]
In its first 300 years, Christianity went from 20 followers to several million. This is no small feat considering its competing religions and the limitations of communication. How did it spread so quickly? […]
The United States may not have been a Christian republic at its start, but it soon became one. Instead of republicanism absorbing religion, religion co-opted and absorbed the energies of republicanism between 1780 and 1860. […]
The American Revolution gave people like Jefferson and Madison an opportunity to disrupt the spread of traditional Christianity in America. Later, Thomas Paine’s Deism arose as a sensational alternative to traditional Christianity. […]
Although the British North Americans colonies were settled by religious communities, Christianity did not have a stronghold in early America. The influence of Republicanism and Enlightenment also left little room for Christianity in the lives of the people of America. […]
Many of the apocryphal gospels were essentially novels written during the early Christian era, and they were filled with adventurous tales of shipwrecks, necrophilia, self-mutilation, and other wild stories. […]
With TV shows, hit Broadway plays, and Presidential candidates, Mormons have recently and suddenly returned to the national spotlight. How did Mormonism begin and what makes it so influential to pop culture today? […]
In October of 1097, after a horrendous four-month march across Asia Minor, which only half of the original army survived, the main force of Crusaders converged on Antioch. Laying the ground work to eventually take Jerusalem. […]
Martin Luther debated many foes in his lifetime, but none troubled him as much as his nightly debates with Satan himself. […]
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