“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 adaptation of a species proved more successful than another in the battle: a process which he… — 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
