{"product_id":"a-history-of-christianity-the-89587436","title":"A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiarmaid MacCulloch's epic, acclaimed history \u003ci\u003eA History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years \u003c\/i\u003efollows the story of Christianity around the globe, from ancient Palestine to contemporary China.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book, now the most comprehensive and up to date single volume work in English, describes not only the main facts, ideas and personalities of Christian history, its organization and spirituality, but how it has changed politics, sex, and human society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Taking in wars, empires, reformers, apostles, sects, churches and crusaders, Diarmaid MacCulloch shows how Christianity has brought humanity to the most terrible acts of cruelty - and inspired its most sublime accomplishments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A stunning tour de force'\u003cbr\u003e  Simon Sebag Montefiore, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A landmark in its field, astonishing in its range, compulsively readable, full of insight ... It will have few, if any, rivals in the English language' \u003cbr\u003e  Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A prodigious, thrilling, masterclass of a history book' \u003cbr\u003e  John Cornwell, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Essential reading for those enthralled by Christianity and for those enraged by it'\u003cbr\u003e  Melvyn Bragg, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Magnificent ... a sumptuous portrait, alive with detail and generous in judgement'\u003cbr\u003e  Richard Holloway, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDiarmaid MacCulloch \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University. His \u003ci\u003eThomas Cranmer \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Whitbread Biography Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize. He is the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eReformation: Europe's House Divided 1490 - 1700\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Wolfson Prize for History and the British Academy Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Standard Order","offer_id":46294427992300,"sku":"8838689587436-P","price":125.21,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"OS","offer_id":46373881381100,"sku":"8838689587436-OS","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/2797\/2076\/files\/9780141021898.jpg?v=1743055231","url":"https:\/\/astoura.com\/products\/a-history-of-christianity-the-89587436","provider":"Astoura","version":"1.0","type":"link"}