The New York Times bestseller and definitive history of Christianity for our time--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 in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox history and fills in often neglected accounts of conversion and confrontation in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. MacCulloch introduces us to 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. And 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 02/22/2011
ISBN: 9780143118695
Pages: 1184
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.04w x 1.97d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 03/12/2011 pg. 24
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/08/2010 pg. 30