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Since 1997, he has been professor of the history of the church at the university of. He is the new york times bestselling author of silence. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read christianity. His books include suffolk and the tudors, winner of the royal historical societys whitfield prize, and thomas cranmer. Diarmaid maccullochs a history of christianity youtube. Cross college, oxford, and professor of the history of the church at oxford university. The first three thousand years is a 2009 book by the british ecclesiastical historian diarmaid macculloch. The first three thousand years, published in 2010 by penguin books from viking. Macculloch describes himself as a a candid friend of christianity p. Diarmaid macculloch has 32 books on goodreads with 31458 ratings. Christianity goes back to the origins of the hebrew bible and encompasses the globe.
His most recent television series 2015 was sex and the church. This impressive text by diarmaid macculloch will help you discover christianity s essential role in shaping human history and the intimate lives of men and women. Volume 2, which covers the period from the beginnings of the reformation in the fifteenth century to the near present time vatican ii and the immediate aftermath. Europes house divided 14901700 and biographies of thomas cranmer and thomas cromwell. Sep 18, 2009 the sections on christianitys expansion eastwards and the tragic history of the churches of central asia, still a littleknown and underresearched subject, are among the very best in the book. The first three thousand years covers the story of christianity with pretty much all the variations, heresies, and twists and turns from its origins in judaism, to the history of the early christian church, through the protestant reformation and catholic counterreformation, and up to the present day. Macculloch is to be congratulated for his accessible handling of so much complex, difficult material. It is difficult to imagine a more comprehensive and surprisingly accessible volume than maccullochs. It is a survey of christianity from its earliest lineages. A history of christianity 2010, which was adapted into a sixpart bbc television series, was awarded the cundill and hesseltiltman prizes. Europes house divided 2003 won the wolfson prize for history and the british academy book. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, diarmaid maccullochs christianity goes back to the origins of the hebrew bible and encompasses the globe. Detailed yet readable, he takes an unbiased look at both the good and bad of the religion, never apologizing for either.
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