Bibliograph

Silence, a Christian history, Diarmaid MacCulloch

Type

Label

Silence, a Christian history, Diarmaid MacCulloch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-304) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Silence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Diarmaid MacCulloch

Sub title

a Christian history

Summary

Examines the role of silence in the history of the Christian faith, including the silent prayers of the faithful, the role of silence in monasteries, and the more negative forms of silence, particularly in dealing with the Catholic Church's internal sex scandals

Table Of Contents

The witness of Holmes's dog -- The Bible. Silence in Christian prehistory : the Tanakh ; The earliest Christian silences : the New Testament -- The triumph of monastic silence. Forming and breaking a church : 100-451 CE ; The Monastic Age in East and West : 451-1100 -- Silence through three reformations. From iconoclasm to Erasmus : 700-1500 -- The Protestant Reformation : 1500-1700 -- Reaching behind noise in Christian history. Silences for survival ; Things not remembered ; Silence in present and future Christianities

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Christian history

Classification