pt. 1. disc 1. lectures 1-6. Introduction : what makes a great Christian? ; Paul and the first Christian missionaries ; Early martyrs ; St. Antony, the first monk ; Desert fathers and mothers ; Augustine
pt. 1. disc 2. lectures 7-2.
St. Patrick and the conversion of Ireland ; St. Benedict and his rule ; Leo IX, Gregory VII, and church reform ; Bernard of Clairvaux and Monastic reform ; Francis of Assisi ; Clare of Assisi
pt. 2. disc 3. lectures 13-18.
Catherine of Siena ; Bernardino of Siena ; John Hus and the Hussites ; Thomas More ; Martin Luther ; John Wesley and the origins of Methodism
pt. 2. disc 4. lectures 19-24.
Monks of Mount Athos ; Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Maximilian Kolbe ; Damien of Molokai and Teresa of Calcutta ; From slavery to Martin Luther King ; Gustavo Gutierrez and liberation theology ; Defining the Christian life.