The History and Legacy of Protestant Christianity - Alec Ryrie

Exploring... Alec Ryrie: Extracts from the lecture series "The History and Legacy of Protestant Christianity"

00:00 // Introduction
01:22 // How we Learned that Slavery is Wrong
11:23 // The Dreams and Nightmares of Christian Liberalism
21:44 // The World's Local Religion
31:41 // What Would Jesus Do? Christian Culture Wars in the Modern West
43:31 // Outro

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This series of lectures will discuss the history, legacy and ongoing significance of the religious tradition which has done more than any other to shape the modern world: Protestant Christianity.

This lecture series was recorded by Alec Ryrie in 2015/16

Alec Ryrie was Gresham Professor of Divinity. He is also Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University, Co-Editor of the Journal of Ecclesiastical History and President of the Church of England Record Society. From 2015-17 he was Visiting Professor in the History of Religion at Gresham College and gave two series of lectures on the history of Protestant Christianity. In 2019 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.

The transcripts of the lecture series are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/s...

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