{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-church-in-100-objects-9781594717505","title":"A History of the Church in 100 Objects","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of two Catholic Press Association Awards: Design and Production (Second Place) and History (Honorable Mention). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The star of Bethlehem exemplifies the birth of Jesus, the Wittenberg Door is synonymous with the Protestant Reformation, and \"the pill\" symbolizes the sexual revolution. It's \"stuff\" that helps tell the story of Christianity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this unique, rich, and eye-catching book, popular Catholic author and EWTN host Mike Aquilina tells the Christian story through the examination of 100 objects and places. Some, like Michelangelo's \u003ci\u003ePiet \u003c\/i\u003e, are priceless works of art. Others, like a union membership pen, don't hold much monetary value. But through each of them, Aquilina offers a memorable and rewarding look at the history of the Church. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Catholics tell their story, they don't just write it in books. They preserve it in memorials, monuments, artifacts, and museums. They build grand basilicas to house tiny relics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this stunning book, Aquilina, together with his writer-daughter Grace, show how the history of the Church didn't take place shrouded in the mists of time. It actually happened and continues to happen through things that we can see and sometimes hold in our hand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Christian answer to Neil MacGregor's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in 100 Objects\u003c\/i\u003e, Aquilina's \u003ci\u003eA History of the Church in 100 Objects\u003c\/i\u003e introduces you to: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cave of the Nativity (the importance of history, memory, and all things tangible)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatacomb niches (the importance of Rome, bones, and relics of the faith)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAncient Map of the World (the undoing of myths about medieval science)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStained Glass (representative of Gothic cathedrals)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Holy Grail (Romance literature and the emergence of writing for the laity)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoaves and fish (a link from Jesus to the sacrament of the Eucharist)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wittenberg Door (Martin Luther and the onset of the Reformation)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eEach of these and the 93 other items and places in the book tell part of the Christian story. Each is an essential piece of the story of our salvation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e God makes himself known and accessible through material things, always accommodating himself to our condition. It is, after all, the condition he created for us--spiritual and material--and the form he assumed for our salvation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ave Maria Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594717505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mike Aquilina, Grace Aquilina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44493207929013,"sku":"9781594717505","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_60790ac4-3c02-4e45-b346-9f930e85359d.jpg?v=1721747507","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-history-of-the-church-in-100-objects-9781594717505","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}