pt. 1. disc 1. lectures 1-6. Introduction : What makes a great Christian? ; Paul and the first Christian missionaries ; The early martyrs ; St. Antony, the first monk ; The Desert Fathers and Mothers ; Augustine --
pt. 1. disc 2. lectures 7-12. 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. The 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.