Spread of the Faith

This is Bernard Lewis giving a history of the Middle East over the past two thousand years. Secular academics rarely understand the why but this one at least accurately relates part of the what of Christianity.

This accessibility of Hellenistic culture, Jewish religion and Roman polity all helped to prepare the way for the rise and spread of Christianity, a missionary religion whose followers believed that they were the possessors of God's final revelation, which it was their sacred duty to bring to all mankind.

Yep, that's pretty much us.