Tapestry of faith
A 13-part series broadcast on Premier Christian Radio, tracing the history of Christianity in Britain from its origins to the 21st century.
Written, produced and presented by Ged Clapson, with support from the Christian Evidence Society.
Programmes 1 - 13 are now available here. Click on the links below to listen to each programme in MP3 format.
Programme One: MYTHS and MISSIONS. The origins of Christianity in Britain.
Programme Two: FOUNDATION STONES. Celtic Christianity and early Monasticism.
Programme Three: IN STONE and ON PARCHMENT. Christianity continues to flourish in Saxon Britain.
Programme Four: KINGS, SAINT and MARTYRS. From the arrival of the Normans to the eve of the Reformation.
Programme Five: THE WINDS of CHANGE. Attitudes towards the Church change and Luther challenges the authority of Rome.
Programme Six: THE GRAND DIVORCE. King Henry VIII initiates the split of the Church in England from Rome.
Programme Seven: DUNGEON, FIRE and SWORD. Decades of bloodshed and persecution follow the reign of Henry VIII.
Programme Eight: TO BE A PILGRIM. From the Gunpowder Plot to the Civil War, the Pilgrim Fathers to the Puritans.
Programme Nine: THE MESSAGE TO THE MASSES. The life and mission of John Wesley.
Programme Ten: THE BRITISH REVOLUTIONS. Christian life in Victorian Britain - the challenges of industrialisation and the Empire.
Programme Eleven: THE GOSPEL in ACTION. British Christians respond to the social needs of the late 19th Century.
Programme Twelve: THE SPIRIT MOVES. The role of the Churches in wartime Britain and the birth of religious broadcasting.
Programme Thirteen: SIGNS of the TIMES. The final programme in this series charts the major ecumenical moves and the growth of the Pentecostal Churches in the second half of the 20th Century, and looks to the future.