Lives of Great Christians

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

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

Catherine of Siena

Bernardino of Siena

John Hus and the Hussites

Thomas More

Martin Luther

John Wesley and the Origins of Methodism

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