Extending the Way of the World: Western Christianity from Constantine to the Anthropocene

In the final lecture of the series, Professor Gregory traces the evolution of Western Christianity from the era of Constantine to the present Anthropocene epoch. He analyses how religious developments have influenced and been influenced by broader societal and environmental changes.

Professor Brad Gregory is the Henkels Family College Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. He is the author of several books including Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World; The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society; and Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe. He is currently working on a major project about the relationship between Western Christianity and the long-term formation of our current global environmental realities, the working title of which is The Way of the World: Power, Wealth, and Civilization from the Last Ice Age to the Anthropocene.

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