Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

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Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

The New York Times bestseller andÂ definitive history of Christianity for our timeâ€”from the award-winning author of The Reformation and Silence

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 inÂ Catholic, Protestant, and OrthodoxÂ history and fills in often neglected accounts of conversion and confrontation in Africa, Latin America, and Asia.Â MacCulloch introduces us toÂ monks and crusaders, heretics and reformers, popes and abolitionists, and discover Christianity's essential role in shaping human history and the intimate lives of men and women. AndÂ he 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 crises within the Catholic Church. Bursting with original insights and a great pleasure to read, this monumental religious history will not soon be surpassed.

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