Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

MacCulloch, Diarmaid

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The definitive history of Christianity for our time.

A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity goes back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and encompasses the globe. It captures the major turning points in human history and fills in often neglected accounts of conversion and confrontation in Africa, Latin America and Asia. And it uncovers the roots of the faith that galvanized America, charting the surprising beliefs of the founding fathers, the rise of the Evangelical movement and of Pentecostalism, and the recent crisis within the Catholic Church. Bursting with original insights and a great pleasure to read, this monumental history will not soon be surpassed.

1184 Pages
Published February 2011

About the Author

Diarmaid MacCulloch is a Fellow of St. Cross College, OxfordDiarmaid MacCulloch is a Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford, and Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford Unive, and Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University. His books include "Suffolk and the Tudors "(1986), "Trsity. His books include "Suffolk and the Tudors "(1986), "The Later Reformation in England, 1547-1603 "(1990)"; The Reihe Later Reformation in England, 1547-1603 "(1990)"; The Reign of Henry VIII: Politics, Policy and Piety "(1995); and "Tgn of Henry VIII: Politics, Policy and Piety "(1995); and "Thomas Cranmer: A Life "(1996).

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    Paperback
  • ISBN
    9780143118695
  • Page Count
    1184
  • Publisher
    Penguin Group
  • Publication Date
    February 2011

Endorsements (7)

"The great strength of the book is that it covers, in sufficient but not oppressive detail, huge areas of Christian history which are dealt with cursorily in traditional accounts of the subject and are unfamiliar to most English-speaking readers ... His analysis of why Christianity has taken root in Korea but made such a hash in India is perceptive and his account of the nineteenth-century missions in Africa and the Pacific is first-rate and full of insight."

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Paul Johnson

author of The Quest for God

"Christianity is a tour de force: it has enormous range, is gracefully and wittily written, and from page one holds the attention. Everyone who reads it will learn things they didn't know."

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Eamon Duffy

author of Saints and Sinners

"A triumphantly executed achievement. This book is a landmark in its field, astonishing in its range, compulsively readable, full of insight even for the most jaded professional and of illumination for the interested general reader. It will have few, if any, rivals in the English language."

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Rowan Williams

Archbishop of Canterbury

"He brings an insider's wit to tracing the fate of official Christianity in an age of doubt, and to addressing modern surges of zeal, from Mormons to Pentecostals."

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Economist

"A prodigious, thrilling, masterclass of a history book. MacCulloch is to be congratulated for his accessible handling of so much complex, difficult material ... He keeps the reader engaged with wit and choice anecdotes and throughout the entire book he retains his own distinctive, slightly irreverent perspective, and an unerring instinct for when to go from macro to micro history."

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John Cornwell

Financial Times

"A well-informed and - bless the man - witty narrative guaranteed to please and at the same time displease every single reader, if hardly in identical measure.... The author's prose style is fluent, well-judged and wholly free of cant ... You will shut this large book with gratitude for a long and stimulating journey."

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The Washington Times

"A landmark contribution ... It is difficult to imagine a more comprehensive and surprisingly accessible volume than MacCulloch's."

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Jon Meacham

The New York Times Book Review

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Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

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Publisher's Description

The definitive history of Christianity for our time.

A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity goes back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and encompasses the globe. It captures the major turning points in human history and fills in often neglected accounts of conversion and confrontation in Africa, Latin America and Asia. And it uncovers the roots of the faith that galvanized America, charting the surprising beliefs of the founding fathers, the rise of the Evangelical movement and of Pentecostalism, and the recent crisis within the Catholic Church. Bursting with original insights and a great pleasure to read, this monumental history will not soon be surpassed.

1184 Pages
Published February 2011

About the Author

Diarmaid MacCulloch is a Fellow of St. Cross College, OxfordDiarmaid MacCulloch is a Fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford, and Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford Unive, and Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University. His books include "Suffolk and the Tudors "(1986), "Trsity. His books include "Suffolk and the Tudors "(1986), "The Later Reformation in England, 1547-1603 "(1990)"; The Reihe Later Reformation in England, 1547-1603 "(1990)"; The Reign of Henry VIII: Politics, Policy and Piety "(1995); and "Tgn of Henry VIII: Politics, Policy and Piety "(1995); and "Thomas Cranmer: A Life "(1996).

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