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A provocative history of the role of silence in Christianity by the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author

In this essential work of religious history, the New York Times bestselling author of Christianity explores the vital role of silence in the Christian story.

How should one speak to God? Are our prayers more likely to be heard if we offer them quietly at home or loudly in church? How can we really know if God is listening? From the earliest days, Christians have struggled with these questions. Their varied answers have defined the boundaries of Christian faith and established the language of our most intimate appeals for guidance or forgiveness.

MacCulloch shows how Jesus chose to emphasize silence as an essential part of his message and how silence shaped the great medieval monastic communities of Europe. He also examines the darker forms of religious silence, from the church’s embrace of slavery and its muted reaction to the Holocaust to the cover-up by Catholic authorities of devastating sexual scandals.

A groundbreaking work that will change our understanding of the most fundamental wish to be heard by God, Silence gives voice to the greatest mysteries of faith.

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Praise for "Silence"
""Silence" has all the spark of "Christianity." . . . In MacCulloch's hands, reading about Christianity often feels as soulful, as silently consuming, as prayer itself."
--Tom Bissell, "Harper's Magazine"
""Silence" is excellent: a beautifully written, factually dense, intellectually sophisticated look at the theological uses and abuses of silence, from the spirituality of quiet to the Catholic Church's horrifying reticence about child abuse and the Holocaust."
--Kathryn Schulz, "New York Magazine"
"A stimulating and sweeping overview."
--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"Enjoyable and intelligent . . . MacCulloch is a gifted scholar and his ideas are always worth hearing."
"--The Economist"
"In the first part of his compelling new book, Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the use of silence in spiritual practice, but it is in the second part that he constructs his main challenge. Here he speaks not of the lovely silence of that which cannot be spoken, but of the ugly silence that cloaks evil. . . . MacCulloch's account is peppered with the kind of delicious asides that make him such a compulsively readable historian."
"--The Times, " Book of the Week
""Silence" is intellectually robust, and without the prevarications and self-qualifications that sometimes stymie academic prose. . . . MacCulloch is by turns precise, poetic and righteously indignant."
"--The Guardian"
"MacCulloch is a superb raconteur, full of imagination, wit, irony and fun, who entertains, challenges, enlightens and occasionally enrages his readers. But beyond mere storytelling and the skilful display of his strength of learning, he also takes a strong ethical stance in telling the truth and revealing some of the darker sides of Christian history."
"--The Times Higher Education"
"Unfailingly interesting and readable. . . . MacCulloch the sleuth historian enjoys nothing more than digging beneath this silence to reveal the smothered stories of variously disreputable Christian heroes."
"--The Times Literary Supplement"
"This is a specialist book for non-specialist readers--by which I mean that it is made highly accessible to anyone seriously interested by excellent and lively writing . . . It is great fun . . . a rich engaging book. Read it."
"--The Spectator"
Praise for "Silence"
""Silence" has all the spark of "Christianity." . . . In MacCulloch's hands, reading about Christianity often feels as soulful, as silently consuming, as prayer itself."
--Tom Bissell, "Harper's Magazine"
""Silence" is excellent: a beautifully written, factually dense, intellectually sophisticated look at the theological uses and abuses of silence, from the spirituality of quiet to the Catholic Church's horrifying reticence about child abuse and the Holocaust."
--Kathryn Schulz, "New York Magazine"
"A stimulating and sweeping overview."
--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"Enjoyable and intelligent . . . MacCulloch is a gifted scholar and his ideas are always worth hearing."
"--The Economist"
"In the first part of his compelling new book, Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the use of silence in spiritual practice, but it is in the second part that he constructs his main challenge. Here he speaks not of the lovely silence of that which cannot be spoken, but of the ugly silence that cloaks evil. . . . MacCulloch's account is peppered with the kind of delicious asides that make him such a compulsively readable historian."
"--The Times, " Book of the Week
""Silence" is intellectually robust, and without the prevarications and self-qualifications that sometimes stymie academic prose. . . . MacCulloch is by turns precise, poetic and righteously indignant."
"--The Guardian"
"MacCulloch is a superb raconteur, full of imagination, wit, irony and fun, who entertains, challenges, enlightens and occasionally enrages his readers. But beyond mere storytelling and the skilful display of his strength of learning, he also takes a strong ethical stance in telling the truth and revealing some of the darker sides of Christian history."
"--The Times Higher Education"
"Unfailingly interesting and readable. . . . MacCulloch the sleuth historian enjoys nothing more than digging beneath this silence to reveal the smothered stories of variously disreputable Christian heroes."
"--The Times Literary Supplement"
"This is a specialist book for non-specialist readers--by which I mean that it is made highly accessible to anyone seriously interested by excellent and lively writing . . . It is great fun . . . a rich engaging book. Read it."
"--The Spectator"
Praise for "Silence"
"Silence" has all the spark of "Christianity." . . . In MacCulloch s hands, reading about Christianity often feels as soulful, as silently consuming, as prayer itself.
Tom Bissell, "Harper s Magazine"
"Silence" is excellent: a beautifully written, factually dense, intellectually sophisticated look at the theological uses and abuses of silence, from the spirituality of quiet to the Catholic Church s horrifying reticence about child abuse and the Holocaust.
Kathryn Schulz, "New York Magazine"
A stimulating and sweeping overview.
"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
Enjoyable and intelligent . . . MacCulloch is a gifted scholar and his ideas are always worth hearing.
" The Economist"
In the first part of his compelling new book, Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the use of silence in spiritual practice, but it is in the second part that he constructs his main challenge. Here he speaks not of the lovely silence of that which cannot be spoken, but of the ugly silence that cloaks evil. . . . MacCulloch s account is peppered with the kind of delicious asides that make him such a compulsively readable historian.
" The Times, " Book of the Week
"Silence" is intellectually robust, and without the prevarications and self-qualifications that sometimes stymie academic prose. . . . MacCulloch is by turns precise, poetic and righteously indignant.
" The Guardian"
MacCulloch is a superb raconteur, full of imagination, wit, irony and fun, who entertains, challenges, enlightens and occasionally enrages his readers. But beyond mere storytelling and the skilful display of his strength of learning, he also takes a strong ethical stance in telling the truth and revealing some of the darker sides of Christian history.
" The Times Higher Education"
Unfailingly interesting and readable. . . . MacCulloch the sleuth historian enjoys nothing more than digging beneath this silence to reveal the smothered stories of variously disreputable Christian heroes.
" The Times Literary Supplement"
This is a specialist book for non-specialist readers by which I mean that it is made highly accessible to anyone seriously interested by excellent and lively writing . . . It is great fun . . . a rich engaging book. Read it.
" The Spectator"
"

Praise for Silence
Silence has all the spark of Christianity. . . . In MacCulloch s hands, reading about Christianity often feels as soulful, as silently consuming, as prayer itself.
Tom Bissell, Harper s Magazine
Silence is excellent: a beautifully written, factually dense, intellectually sophisticated look at the theological uses and abuses of silence, from the spirituality of quiet to the Catholic Church s horrifying reticence about child abuse and the Holocaust.
Kathryn Schulz, New York Magazine
A stimulating and sweeping overview.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Enjoyable and intelligent . . . MacCulloch is a gifted scholar and his ideas are always worth hearing.
The Economist
In the first part of his compelling new book, Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the use of silence in spiritual practice, but it is in the second part that he constructs his main challenge. Here he speaks not of the lovely silence of that which cannot be spoken, but of the ugly silence that cloaks evil. . . . MacCulloch s account is peppered with the kind of delicious asides that make him such a compulsively readable historian.
The Times, Book of the Week
Silence is intellectually robust, and without the prevarications and self-qualifications that sometimes stymie academic prose. . . . MacCulloch is by turns precise, poetic and righteously indignant.
The Guardian
MacCulloch is a superb raconteur, full of imagination, wit, irony and fun, who entertains, challenges, enlightens and occasionally enrages his readers. But beyond mere storytelling and the skilful display of his strength of learning, he also takes a strong ethical stance in telling the truth and revealing some of the darker sides of Christian history.
The Times Higher Education
Unfailingly interesting and readable. . . . MacCulloch the sleuth historian enjoys nothing more than digging beneath this silence to reveal the smothered stories of variously disreputable Christian heroes.
The Times Literary Supplement
This is a specialist book for non-specialist readers by which I mean that it is made highly accessible to anyone seriously interested by excellent and lively writing . . . It is great fun . . . a rich engaging book. Read it.
The Spectator
"

Praise for Silence

"Silence has all the spark of Christianity. . . . In MacCulloch's hands, reading about Christianity often feels as soulful, as silently consuming, as prayer itself."
--Tom Bissell, Harper's Magazine

"Silence is excellent: a beautifully written, factually dense, intellectually sophisticated look at the theological uses and abuses of silence, from the spirituality of quiet to the Catholic Church's horrifying reticence about child abuse and the Holocaust."
--Kathryn Schulz, New York Magazine

"A stimulating and sweeping overview."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Enjoyable and intelligent . . . MacCulloch is a gifted scholar and his ideas are always worth hearing."
--The Economist

"In the first part of his compelling new book, Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the use of silence in spiritual practice, but it is in the second part that he constructs his main challenge. Here he speaks not of the lovely silence of that which cannot be spoken, but of the ugly silence that cloaks evil. . . . MacCulloch's account is peppered with the kind of delicious asides that make him such a compulsively readable historian."
--The Times, Book of the Week

"Silence is intellectually robust, and without the prevarications and self-qualifications that sometimes stymie academic prose. . . . MacCulloch is by turns precise, poetic and righteously indignant."
--The Guardian

"MacCulloch is a superb raconteur, full of imagination, wit, irony and fun, who entertains, challenges, enlightens and occasionally enrages his readers. But beyond mere storytelling and the skilful display of his strength of learning, he also takes a strong ethical stance in telling the truth and revealing some of the darker sides of Christian history."
--The Times Higher Education

"Unfailingly interesting and readable. . . . MacCulloch the sleuth historian enjoys nothing more than digging beneath this silence to reveal the smothered stories of variously disreputable Christian heroes."
--The Times Literary Supplement

"This is a specialist book for non-specialist readers--by which I mean that it is made highly accessible to anyone seriously interested by excellent and lively writing . . . It is great fun . . . a rich engaging book. Read it."
--The Spectator

About the Author:
Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church at St. Cross College, University of Oxford. His most recent book, the New York Times bestseller Christianity, won several awards. A Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society. He lives in Oxford, UK.

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