A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
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A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand YearsI'm talking about this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...pf_rd_i=468294
Anyone else read it? I'm almost half way through. I love Diarmaid McCulloch and he manages to present 2,000 years of Christian history in a concise but deeply interesting manner.
I'm a history buff anyway, and this books covers loads: the Roman Empire's conversion to Christianity, Charlemagne, the challenge of Islam, the Crusades and the break away of Protestantism from the Church.
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Re: A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand YearsI've flipped through it during my studies. He is a good writer. Here's mine:
The World of the Early Christians (1997) by J. F. Kelly is a particularly good read, as is The Rise of Christianity (1986) by W. H.C. Frend; and also The Early Christian Centuries (2002) by Philip Roussea. -
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Re: A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand YearsI borrowed in order to read it to add some more context to an History essay, once, but never got the chance to read it. I think I'll have to borrow it again, it seemed really interesting, and I've got another essay which deals with similar material.
