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Reviewed on November 1, 2013 | Arts and Humanities
Based on six 2012 Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh, MacCulloch (history of the church, St. Cross Coll., Univ. of Oxford; Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years) presents a sweeping overview of silence as a theme occurring throughout Christianity. Silence and religion enjoy an increasing body of literature, as the nearly 600 citations here indicate. The author begins with silence seen in the Tanakh (Old Testament) and traces it th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More