Silence A Christian History

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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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780241952320
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 248.47
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 264g
Height: 197mm
Width: 128mm
Spine width: 21mm