Tim Whitmarsh: Augustus, Empire and the Making of Christianity

Podcast: The Book Club (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Tim Whitmarsh: Augustus, Empire and the Making of ChristianityPub date: 2026-07-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMy guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is Tim Whitmarsh, Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge and author of Rome’s Age of Revolution: Augustus, Empire and the Making of Christianity. He tells me why, contrary to what we may have learnt at Sunday school, early Christianity flourished not despite the Roman empire, but because of it.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcastsContact us: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Spectator, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.