Silence : A Christian History Paperback / softback
by Diarmaid MacCulloch
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This book unravels a polyphony of silences from the history of Christianity and beyond.
MacCulloch considers Judaeo-Christian borrowings from Greek explorations of the divine, and the silences which were a feature of Jesus's brief ministry.
Besides prayer and contemplation, there are shame and evasion; careless and purposeful forgetting. Many deliberate silences are revealed: the forgetting of histories inconvenient to later Church authorities, and Christianity's problems in dealing honestly with sexuality.
Behind all this is the silence of God. In a deeply personal conclusion, MacCulloch brings a message of optimism for those still seeking God beyond the clamour of over-confident certainties.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:10/04/2014
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- ISBN:9780241952320
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:10/04/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780241952320