Showing results for "Encyclopedia of Christianity" in All Categories

Once in a generation, a historian will redefine his field, producing a book that demands to be read or heard - a product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill. Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity is such a book. Breathtaking in ambition, it ranges back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and covers the world, following the three main strands of the Christian faith.

How did a persecuted sect in 1st-century Palestine rise to command such a massive influence on human culture, imagination, and spirit? How did Christianity weather the first critical stages of its historical development and attain its fundamental and enduring cultural role?

PREMIER VOLUME DE "DÉCADENCE". Les civilisations naissent, vivent et meurent ; et la nôtre ne fait pas exception. Si les dieux païens qui ont inspiré la construction de Stonehenge, de Khéops ou du Parthénon sont aujourd'hui relégués à la pure mythologie, est-il raisonnable de penser que le christianisme sera immortel ? Penser les ruines permet de penser les civilisations, et d'affronter avec discernement la dynamique de décadence qui s'impose au terme de 2000 ans de judéo-christianisme.