Christianity goes back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and encompasses the globe. It captures the major turning points in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox history and fills in often neglected accounts of conversion and confrontation in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. MacCulloch introduces us to monks and crusaders, heretics and reformers, paavit ja kuolemanrangaistuksen poistamista, ja löytää kristinuskon merkittävä osuus ihmiskunnan historian ja intiimi elämää miehiä ja naisia. And he uncovers the roots of the faith that galvanized America, kartoitus yllättävä uskomukset isät, the rise of the Evangelical movement and of Pentecostalism, and the recent crises within the Catholic Church. Bursting with original insights and a great pleasure to read, this monumental religious history will not soon be surpassed.