Description: 7 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (48 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.)

Contents: Lecture 1. At the dawn of a New World -- Lecture 2. To the corners of the earth: overseas missions -- Lecture 3. The Catholic Church in the Age of Absolutism -- Lecture 4. The Catholic Church and the Enlightenment -- Lecture 5. The French Revolution -- Lecture 6. Napoleon and the Church -- Lecture 7. The challenge of liberalism -- Lecture 8. Struggles with nationalism -- Lecture 9. Vatican I and the fall of papel Rome -- Lecture 10. The Catholic Church in North America -- Lecture 11. Labor and war -- Lecture 12. In an age of dictators -- Lecture 13. Vatican II -- Lecture 14. Pope Jean Paul II and beyond