“Fawn M. Brodie, whose classic life of Smith earned her excommunication from the Mormon Church, saw the Book of Mormon as 'one of the earliest examples of frontier fiction, the first long Yankee narrative that owes nothing to English literary… — Diarmaid MacCulloch Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the Church patently tried to profit from such incidents: the Benedictine monks of Norwich Cathedral in England, encouraged by their bishop, were pioneers… — Diarmaid MacCulloch Copy Share Image
“The only way in which Darwin's data made sense was to suppose that species battled for survival, and that evolution came when one slight… — Diarmaid MacCulloch Copy Share Image
“Yet so much of the story so far has not been about unbelief at all, but sincere and troubled belief. When children of the… — Diarmaid MacCulloch Copy Share Image
“Equally important is the effect of Last Days thinking on questions of world environmental damage. If the Last Days are coming, it is a… — Diarmaid MacCulloch Copy Share Image
“The city of Granada, so gloriously provided with architectural reminders of its Islamic heritage, was particularly anxious to show that it was a more… — Diarmaid MacCulloch Copy Share Image
“We know of the tensions between the first Church in Jerusalem and Churches in which Paul of Tarsus became the prominent teacher .. The… — Diarmaid MacCulloch Copy Share Image
“Fawn M. Brodie, whose classic life of Smith earned her excommunication from the Mormon Church, saw the Book of Mormon as 'one of the… — Diarmaid MacCulloch Copy Share Image
