
A History of Christianity by Diarmaid Macculloch
Christianity, one of the world's great religions, has had an incalculable impact on human history. This book describes the main ideas and personalities of Christian history, its organisation and spirituality, how it has changed politics, sex, and human society. It presents the global history of Christianity.
Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University. His Thomas Cranmer (1996) won the Whitbread Biography Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize; Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490-1700 (2004) won the Wolfson Prize and the British Academy Prize. A History of Christianity (2010), which was adapted into a six-part BBC television series, was awarded the Cundill and Hessel-Tiltman Prizes. His Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh were published in 2013 as Silence: A Christian History. His most recent television series (2015) was Sex and the Church. He was knighted in 2012.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780713998696 |
| ISBN 10 | 0713998695 |
| Title | A History of Christianity |
| Author | Diarmaid Macculloch |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-09-24 |
| Number of pages | 1216 |
| Prizes | Winner of Cundill Prize 2010 |
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