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Making the Past Come Alive

Roy Jenkins's guest is Diarmaid MacCulloch, one of the world's leading religious historians, who discusses why he thinks historians are needed and his faith as a gay Christian.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 8 Oct 2015 05:30

Diarmaid MacCulloch

Diarmaid MacCulloch

Roy Jenkins guest this week is one of Britain鈥檚 most distinguished historians, who belongs to a rare group of academics with a gift for making the past come alive.听

Diarmaid McCulloch scored a surprise hit with a 成人快手 television series on the History of Christianity, together with a book of 1,200 pages.听听 A stream of books has won every top prize available in his field, and there have been many other awards beside, not least a knighthood.

Professor MacCulloch holds the chair in the history of the church at the University of Oxford. In this candid interview he talks about aspects of his faith life as a gay Christian, the role of history and its social application and why he feels the church has always behaved badly and needs reform.

[First broadcast in April 2014]

Broadcasts

  • Sun 13 Apr 2014 09:00
  • Thu 17 Apr 2014 05:30
  • Sun 31 May 2015 09:00
  • Thu 4 Jun 2015 05:30
  • Thu 8 Oct 2015 05:30

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