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A review by teokajlibroj
Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCulloch
4.0
3.5/5
This is an incredibly well written and researched book and no one could accuse the author of a lack of thoroughness. I learned a huge amount about Christianity and got a good broader perspective on it (like how new some practices are and how common the belief that the world will end soon was). I enjoyed the authors comments and wish there were more of them.
However, the book was extremely long. I have made my way through a fair few long 1,000 page books, but I'll admit that I found this a struggle. Not that it wasn't interesting, just that there was so much of it.
This is an incredibly well written and researched book and no one could accuse the author of a lack of thoroughness. I learned a huge amount about Christianity and got a good broader perspective on it (like how new some practices are and how common the belief that the world will end soon was). I enjoyed the authors comments and wish there were more of them.
However, the book was extremely long. I have made my way through a fair few long 1,000 page books, but I'll admit that I found this a struggle. Not that it wasn't interesting, just that there was so much of it.