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A history of Christianity : the first three thousand years
Title:
A history of Christianity : the first three thousand years
Author:
MacCulloch, Diarmaid.
ISBN:
9780141021898
Publication Information:
London : Penguin, 2010.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 1184 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 20 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2009.
Abstract:
How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book 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.
Subject Term:
Subject:
Church history.
Summary:
How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book 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.