In Our Time: 25 Figures and Events in Christian History: A BBC Radio 4 Collection

Melvyn Bragg and guests chart 1,500 years of Christianity through its most influential movements, events and historical figures

In Our Time has been the cornerstone of broadcasting on BBC Radio 4 since its launch in 1998. Presented by one of Britain's greatest champions of the arts, Melvyn Bragg, the show explores ideas across history, religion, philosophy, science and culture. With a vast array of contributors from the world of academia, such as Mary Beard, Angie Hobbs and Diarmaid MacCulloch, it is one of Radio 4's most successful programmes.

Collected in this thematic anthology are 25 episodes focusing on notable events and individuals in Christian history, from the third century AD to the founding of Methodism, that have transformed the history of the world. Included are saints such as St Paul, Mary Magdalene, St Augustine, St Hilda, St Cuthbert, the Venerable Bede and St Thomas Aquinas, and other notable Christian figures, such as John Wyclif, William Cecil, John Foxe, Titus Oates and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Also featured are programmes on key religious movements, among them Catharism, the Jesuits, Greyfriars and Blackfriars, as well as major historical events including the Schism, the Spanish Inquisition, the Diet of Worms and the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Packed with thought-provoking facts and informed debate, this fascinating collection of specially collated programmes will captivate In Our Time fans, students of religion and anyone with an interest in theology and the Christian church.

Production credits Presented by Melvyn Bragg Produced by Victoria Brignell, Julia Johnson, Thomas Morris and Simon Tillotson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:

Part I: Saints St Paul 28 May 2009 Mary Magdalene 25 February 2016 Augustine's Confessions 15 March 2018 St Hilda 5 April 2007 Saint Cuthbert 28 January 2021 The Venerable Bede 25 November 2004 St Thomas Aquinas 17 September 2009

Part II: Other Christian Figures Wyclif and the Lollards 16 June 2011 William Cecil 7 March 2019 Foxe's Book of Martyrs 18 November 2010 Robert Boyle 12 June 2014 Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot' 12 May 2016 Dietrich Bonhoeffer 27 September 2018

Part III: Religious Movements Arianism 15 April 2021 Catharism 17 January 2022 Greyfriars and Blackfriars 10 November 2005 Covenanters 12 March 2020 The Jesuits 18 January 2007 John Wesley and Methodism 10 December 2020

Part IV: Historical Events Early Christian Martyrdom 28 April 2022 The Pelagian Controversy 21 April 2011 The Schism 16 October 2003 The Spanish Inquisition 22 June 2006 The Diet of Worms 12 October 2006 The Dissolution of the Monasteries 27 March 2008

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Lydbog: 12. oktober 2023