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Silence: a Christian History; Library Edition Unabridged edition
Diarmaid Macculloch
Silence: a Christian History; Library Edition Unabridged edition
Diarmaid Macculloch
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' 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.
Media | Audio Book Audiobook (CD) (Audiobook on CD) |
Number of discs | 7 |
Released | October 1, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9781469028750 |
Label | Blackstone Audiobooks |
Dimensions | 294 g |
Language | English |
Contributor | Walter Dixon |
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