
Silence : A Christian History
MacCulloch, Diarmaid
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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's 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.
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Utgivelsesdato:
10.04.2014
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ISBN/Varenr:
9780241952320
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Språk:
Engelsk
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Forlag:
Penguin Books Ltd
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Innbinding:
Heftet
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Fagtema:
Filosofi og religion
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Litteraturtype:
Faglitteratur
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Sider:
352
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Høyde:
19.7 cm
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Bredde:
12.8 cm