1.
The Historical Study of Christianity
2.
The First Cultural Context — Greece and Rome
3.
The First Cultural Context — Judaism
4.
The Jesus Movement and the Birth of Christianity
5.
Paul and Christianity’s First Expansion
6.
The Diversity of Early Christianity
7.
The Unpopular Cult — Persecution
8.
Forms of Witness — Martyrdom and Apologetic
9.
Extreme Christianity in the 2nd and 3rd Centuries
10.
The Shaping of Orthodoxy
11.
Institutional Development Before Constantine
12.
The Beginnings of Christian Philosophy
13.
Imperial Politics and Religion
14.
Constantine and the Established Church
15.
The Extension of Christian Culture
16.
Monasticism as Radical Christianity
17.
The Emergence of Patriarchal Centers
18.
Theological Crisis and Council — The Trinity
19.
Theological Crisis and Council — Christology
20.
The Distinctive Issues of the Latin West
21.
Expansion Beyond the Boundaries of Empire
22.
The Court of Justinian and Byzantine Christianity
23.
The Rise of Islam and the Threat of Iconoclasm
24.
Eastern Orthodoxy — Holy Tradition
25.
From Roman Empire to Holy Roman Empire
26.
Benedictine Monasticism and Its Influence
27.
Evangelization of Western Europe
28.
The Great Divorce Between East and West
29.
Monastic Reform
30.
Cathedrals and Chapters
31.
The Crusades
32.
Papal Revolution
33.
Universities and Theology
34.
The Great Plague
35.
Corruption and the Beginnings of Reform
36.
The Ever-Adapting Religion