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Diarmaid MacCulloch
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Reading Our Times
What has religion to do with sex? In conversation with Diarmaid MacCulloch
One of the major changes in Western society in the last half century is the so-called sexual revolution, and one way of understanding that is to see it as the long, withdrawing roar of a Christian sexual ethic. But that makes two presuppositions: first, that we have indeed left Christian sexual ethics behind and second that there is such a thing as a single identifiable Christian sexual ethic.This week Nick Spencer talks with Diarmaid MacCulloch about his book ‘Lower than the angels: A history of Sex and Christianity' recorded live at the Church Times Fes...
2025-06-03
42 min
Within Reason
#106 Diarmaid MacCulloch - Sex and Christianity: a Tumultuous History
Diarmaid MacCulloch is an English academic and historian, specialising in ecclesiastical history and the history of Christianity. Since 1995, he has been a fellow of St Cross College, Oxford; he was formerly the senior tutor. Buy Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-05-29
59 min
The Two Cities
Episode #275 - A History of Sex and Christianity with Prof. Diarmaid MacCulloch
Over the course of our conversation, Prof. MacCulloch explains the impetus behind his book as unsettling many “settled facts” about the Christian history of sexuality. We talk about differing views on sex before the Fall, sex in the eschaton, modern approaches to sexuality like purity culture, when weddings began to be held in churches, and some of the terrifying legends about homosexuality perpetuated by Christians. Team members on the episode from The Two Cities include: the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Adishian and Dr. John Anthony Dunne. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
2025-04-30
1h 02
Terrenal
51. "Aquí estoy y no puedo hacer nada más": Martín Lutero y el desafío a la iglesia (Reforma protestante # 2)
En este episodio de Terrenal, Andrés Mejía y Andrés Caro hablan sobre la primera parte de la vida de Martín Lutero, el monje alemán que desató la reforma protestante. Este episodio va desde su nacimiento, en 1483 al edicto de Worms de 1520. Reforma protestante: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforma_protestante Martín Lutero: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Lutero Wittenberg: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenberg Las noventa y cinco tesis: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_noventa_y_cinco_tesis Dieta de Worms: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieta_de_Worm...
2025-02-20
1h 36
Terrenal
50. Lo creo porque es absurdo: los antecedentes medievales de la reforma protestante (Reforma protestante # 1)
En este episodio , Andrés Mejía y Andrés Caro, celebran los primeros cincuenta episodios de Terrenal. Lo hacen abriendo la serie sobre la reforma protestante. En este episodio discuten sobre los antecedentes de la Reforma y del mundo medieval de la iglesia cristiana de occidente. Reforma protestante: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforma_protestante Edward Gibbon: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibbon Diarmaid MacCulloch: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diarmaid_MacCulloch Carlos Eire: https://history.yale.edu/people/carlos-eire El cisma de oriente: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cis...
2025-02-06
1h 51
History Extra podcast
Sex and Christianity: 2,000 years of love and fury
What were Jesus's views on sex? Why did so many Christians choose a life of celibacy? Has the church ever been tolerant of homosexuality? These are some of the questions explored by Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch in his new book Lower than the Angels, a sweeping 2,000-year history of sex and Christianity, which he expects will annoy a great many people. In today's episode, Rob Attar catches up with Diarmaid to find out why.(Ad) Diarmaid MacCulloch is the author of Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity (Penguin, 2024). Buy it now...
2025-01-01
39 min
St Paul's Cathedral
Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity - Nov 2024
Few matters produce more public interest or division than sex and religion. Revolutions in attitudes in the last generations have brought liberation to some, fear and fury to others. Diarmaid MacCulloch, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford, will seek to calm fears and encourage understanding by telling a 3,000-year-long tale of Christians encountering sex, gender and family, from the Bible to the present day. Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University and one of the UK’s leading historians. His books include the magisterial A History of Ch...
2024-11-11
1h 16
This is History: A Dynasty to Die For
In Conversation | Mediaeval sex and bishop brothels - with Diarmaid MacCulloch
This episode contains frequent references to sex. Dan Jones is joined by Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Lower than the Angels, for a look at the long and complicated relationship between the Church and our love lives. Who was Pope Gregory VII and why did he want to stop clergy from having sex? How have views on same-sex love changed over time? And why were bishops in charge of London’s first brothels? Image Credit - Barry Jones A Sony Music Entertainment production. ...
2024-10-22
30 min
Intelligence Squared
Original Sins: A History of Sex and Christianity, with Diarmaid MacCulloch
Academic, author, broadcaster and ordained deacon Diarmaid MacCulloch is Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University, and Fellow of St Cross College and of Campion Hall. His latest book is Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity, which explores how Christianity or historically Christian societies have witnessed one of the most extraordinary about-turns in attitudes to sex and gender in human history across the centuries and in recent years. Joining him to talk about it is Helen Carr, the writer, historian and broadcaster specialising in medieval history and public history.
2024-10-09
47 min
The Church Times Podcast
Diarmaid MacCulloch on Lower Than the Angels: A history of sex and Christianity
On the podcast this week, Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch is interviewed by Paul Handley about his new book Lower Than the Angels: A history of sex and Christianity. In a review of the book in this week’s Church Times, Penelope Cowell Doe writes that “one of his main concerns . . . is to show that the Church has never been univocal in speaking about sex, and that there is not one unbroken line in its approach to marriage and celibacy. He writes: ‘there is no such thing as a single Christian theology of sex. There is a plethora of Christian theologies of sex.’”...
2024-09-20
43 min
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Christianity
Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity by Diarmaid Macculloch
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/733925 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity Author: Diarmaid Macculloch Narrator: Diarmaid Macculloch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 19, 2024 Genres: Christianity Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A major new assessment of one of the most controversial topics in history Few matters produce more public interest and public anxiety than sex and religion. Much of the political contention and division in societies across the world centres on sexual topics, and one-third of the global population is Christian in background or outlook...
2024-09-19
05 min
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Christianity
Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity by Diarmaid Macculloch
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/733925to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity Author: Diarmaid Macculloch Narrator: Diarmaid Macculloch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 25 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 19, 2024 Genres: Christianity Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. A major new assessment of one of the most controversial topics in history Few matters produce more public interest and public anxiety than sex and religion. Much of the political contention and division in societies across the world centres on sexual topics, and one-third of the global population is Christian in background or outlook. The...
2024-09-19
1h 37
100 Most Popular Political Biographies
"Thomas Cromwell: A Life" by Diarmaid MacCulloch
"Thomas Cromwell: A Life" by Diarmaid MacCulloch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-08-16
06 min
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
The Tudors and Thomas Cromwell with Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch
During the Wolf Hall Weekend at Cadhay House in Devon, I had the privilege of sitting down with Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch. We discussed not only Thomas Cromwell but also the broader Tudor era. Looking for a commercial-free experience? https://patreon.com/tudorsdynasty -- Credits: Host: Rebecca Larson Guest: Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch
2024-07-23
23 min
Ill Literacy: Books with Benson
Ill Literacy, Episode 141: Christendom (Guest: Peter Heather)
Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Peter Heather, chair of medieval history at King's College, London, to discuss his new book, Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300. They chat about how a small sect of isolated and intensely committed congregations became a mass movement centrally directed from Rome, the Church’s chameleonlike capacity for self-reinvention, and how nothing was inevitable about Christianity’s rise and dominance in Europe. Get the book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/546307/christendom-by-peter-heather/Show Notes: City Journal: Edward Short – “Fair Triumph, or Foul?”
2024-05-13
1h 08
Heartland Daily Podcast
Ill Literacy, Episode 141: Christendom (Guest: Peter Heather)
In Episode 141 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Peter Heather, author ofChristendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Peter Heather, chair of medieval history at King's College, London, to discuss his new book, Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300. They chat about how a small sect of isolated and intensely committed congregations became a mass movement centrally directed from Rome, the Church’s chameleonlike capacity for self-reinvention, and how nothing was inevitable about Christianity’s rise and dominance in Europe. Get the book here: https...
2024-05-13
1h 08
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Bibles & Biblical Studies
In Our Time: 25 Defining Ideas of Christianity: A BBC Radio 4 Collection by Melvyn Bragg
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/695636to listen full audiobooks. Title: In Our Time: 25 Defining Ideas of Christianity: A BBC Radio 4 Collection Series: Part of In Our Time Author: Melvyn Bragg Narrator: Melvyn Bragg, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 36 minutes Release date: March 28, 2024 Genres: Bibles & Biblical Studies Publisher's Summary: Melvyn Bragg and guests chart the development of Christian thought, looking at 25 fundamental concepts that emerged throughout history 'In Our Time is a digital Library of Alexandria, a rich seam of commute-enhancing, dinner-party-reviving wisdom' The Economist Launched into the Thursday morning 'death slot' in 1988, In Our Time defied expectations to b...
2024-03-28
3h 36
Medieval Beginnings
Bede's Life of Cuthbert
In the third episode of Medieval Beginnings, Mary and Irina explore the much-chronicled life of St Cuthbert, as told by the most famous writer of the early medieval period, the so-called Venerable Bede. From Cuthbert’s childhood interest in naked handstands, to his later work as a charismatic preacher who could elicit total confession, and as a hermit who enjoyed the assistance of friendly sea otters, it was a life which, as told by Bede, both challenged and conformed to the expected patterns of hagiography.Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen in...
2023-03-04
10 min
Travels Through Time
[From the archives] Diarmaid MacCulloch: Thomas Cromwell (1536)
It’s midwinter, we’re midway through our sixth season and we thought it was time to revisit a favourite old episode. Today we have for you a recording made at Buxton Literary Festival in 2019. It is with the Oxford professor and prize-winning historian Diarmaid MacCulloch. Our destination is the year 1536 and our subject is one of the most complex and fascinating in English political history: Thomas Cromwell. == Thomas Cromwell, a self-described “ruffian”, was King Henry VIII’s chief minister in the 1530s. He was clever, driven and ruthless, qualities that have captivated novelists and historians...
2023-01-11
55 min
The Church Times Podcast
Dame Hilary Mantel at Launde Abbey
Dame Hilary Mantel, the acclaimed author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70, her publisher has announced. At an event at Launde Abbey in 2019, Dame Hilary reflected on the life of Thomas Cromwell and his place in the Reformation. The short talk that she gave at the start of the event is featured on this week’s podcast. It was recorded about a year before the publication of the final book in the triology, The Mirror & the Light (Fourth Estate) (Books, 12 June 2020). The full event, at which the Revd Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch also spoke, can be listened to https://ww...
2022-09-23
09 min
Tudor History with Claire Ridgway
A mathematician, Call Me Risley, and a scapegoat
In this second part of This week in Tudor history, historian Claire Ridgway introduces mathematician and inventor William Oughtred, tells you about the life of Thomas Wriothesley, the man known as “Call me Risley” in Hilary Mantel’s novels, and shares about Germaine Gardiner, a bishop’s nephew who was executed as a scapegoat. You can see this podcast as a video at the following link: https://youtu.be/OxmJtyiWnz4 5th March 1575 - Baptism of mathematician William Oughtred at Eton College. Oughtred is responsible for developing a straight slide-rule, a gauging rod and various sundials. He also introduced the "×" symbol for multipli...
2021-03-05
16 min
The National Archives Podcast Series
The rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell
Diarmaid MacCulloch, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Cross College, introduces his ground-breaking biography of Thomas Cromwell, the self-made statesman who married his son to King Henry VIII’s sister-in-law, re-shaped Tudor England and Ireland, and sent the kingdom on a Protestant course for centuries. […]
2020-12-18
43 min
Queen Mary History of Emotions
On Spiritual Solitude
As part of the 'Spaces of Solitude' series, Hetta Howes presents a conversation between Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University, and the most Revd Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. Discussion ranges from personal experiences of solitude and silence, to ‘thin-places’ and speaking in tongues. Presented by Hetta Howes Produced by Natalie Steed
2020-10-30
36 min
10-Minute Talks
Making the real Thomas Cromwell stand up
Revd Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch Kt FBA talks about how to understand Thomas Cromwell, even though so many of his own letters have vanished from his vast surviving archive.Speaker: Revd Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch Kt FBA, Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford; Fellow, St Cross College, OxfordThe world’s leading professors explain the latest thinking in the humanities and social sciences in just 10 minutes. Image: © Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex by Hans Holbein the Younger / CC National Portrait Gallery, LondonTranscript: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/podcasts/10-minu...
2020-09-01
10 min
The Church Times Podcast
Listen again: Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch at Launde Abbey: Remembering Thomas Cromwell
The Mirror and the Light, the conclusion to Dame Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy, was published in March, and has since been nominated for both the Booker Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction. It was reviewed by Alec Ryrie in the Church Times here. On this week’s podcast — taken from our archive — Dame Hilary and Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch reflect on the life of Thomas Cromwell and his place in the Reformation. They were speaking in July 2019 at an event to mark the 900th anniversary of Launde Abbey, which Cromwell was fond of visiting. In part one, we hear pr...
2020-08-20
37 min
The Gladstone's Land Podcast
Songs and Fancies - Music in Early Modern Edinburgh
What did the Royal Mile sound like in 1600? The amazing thing about music history is that it allows us to recreate the sounds of the past, and in this episode of the Gladstone's Land podcast we do just that. Thomas interviews James Ritzema, a musicologist and expert in 17th-century music, about the songs and sounds of old Scotland. James also gives us an impromptu performance of 'O Lusty May', a popular song published in 1660. In 'The Women of Scotland' Kate describes the life of Dora Noyce, Edinburgh's most famous madam. And our book recommendations this wee...
2020-05-29
54 min
Discussions of Truth
Diarmaid MacCullouch on the Church of England
Diarmaid Ninian John MacCullouch (31 October 1951) is a British ecclesiastic historian. He is currently Professor of History of the Church at Oxford University and has been a Fellow of St. Cross College since 1995. MacCulloch was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) in 1978, as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) in 1982, and as a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2001. Outside of his many outstanding accomplishments he is an award winning author and New York Times Bestseller. MacCullouch earned his BA (1972), MA (1976) and PhD (1977) from Cambridge University. Diarmaid's book: History of Christianity: the first three t...
2020-05-07
50 min
The Coode Street Podcast
Episode 378: Ten Minutes with Garth Nix
Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through this strange time. Today Jonathan spends Ten Minutes with Garth Nix, who talked about Hilary Mantel, Oliver Cromwell, and more. Garth's Angel Mage is out now and The Left-Handed Booksellers of London is due soon (though not soon enough for one unnamed Coode Streeter). Books mentioned include: The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel Thomas Cromwell by Diarmaid MacCulloch Angel Mage...
2020-04-05
10 min
Subscribe to The Huntington Lectures Podcast
Thomas Cromwell: Getting Past the Myths
Sir Diarmaid MacCulloch, emeritus professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St. Cross College, introduces his ground-breaking biography of the self-made statesman who married his son to King Henry VIII's sister-in-law, reshaped Tudor England and Ireland, and set the kingdom on a Protestant course for centuries.
2020-01-22
00 min
Saint Athanasius Podcast
The Age of Reformation (1517 - 1648) | The English Reformation
Teaching Outline: What Does This Mean For Us? Brief Historical Overview Down To The Present The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion The Book of Common Prayer King Henry VIII (1509-1547) King Edward VI (1547-1553) Queen Mary I (1553-1558) Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) King James VI & I (1603-1625) King Charles I And The English Civil War (1625-1649) Resources:
2019-11-11
1h 00
St Cross College Shorts
Diarmaid MacCulloch
Diarmaid MacCulloch speaks with Stanley Ulijaszek
2019-09-02
15 min
The Church Times Podcast
Part 2: Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch at Launde Abbey: Remembering Thomas Cromwell
At Launde Abbey last month, Dame Hilary Mantel and Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch reflected on the life of Thomas Cromwell and his place in the Reformation. They were speaking at an event to mark the 900th anniversary of Launde Abbey, which Cromwell was fond of visiting. In part two, we hear the conversation between them, introduced and moderated by the Bishop of Brixworth, the Rt Revd John Holbrook
2019-08-01
1h 00
The Church Times Podcast
Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch at Launde Abbey: Remembering Thomas Cromwell - Part 1
At Launde Abbey last month, Dame Hilary Mantel and Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch reflected on the life of Thomas Cromwell and his place in the Reformation. They were speaking at an event to mark the 900th anniversary of Launde Abbey, which Cromwell was fond of visiting. Both hardly need introducing. Mantel is, of course, the author of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, published by Fourth Estate, each of which were awarded the Booker Prize. The final book in the trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, is due to be published next March. Professor MacCulloch’s Thomas Cromwell: A life, wa...
2019-08-01
37 min
Theology Gals
Church History with Dr. Dan Van Voorhis
Theology Gals | Episode 115 On this week's episode Coleen and Angela discuss Church history with Dan Van Voorhis. Episode Resources: Christian History Almanac podcast 1517 Academy Soul of Christianity podcast Calvin F. Bruce Gordon A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCulloch Brand Luther: How an Unheralded Monk Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing, Made Himself the Most Famous Man in Europe--and Started the Protestant Reformation by Andrew Pettegree Women can join our Facebook Group Theology Gals-Ladies Theology Discussion and Encouragement Follow us: On Facebook On Twitter @TheologyGals On Instagram theologygals Email us at theologygals@g...
2019-06-03
54 min
Sunday
Virtual Reality baptisms; Asia Bibi's lawyer
Asia Bibi's lawyer, Saif-ul Malook, was named Secularist of the Year this week by the National Secular Society. This week he returns to Pakistan after forfeiting his asylum in the Netherlands in order to fight another blasphemy case. He tells us why.Diarmaid MacCulloch joins us to explain why is he so concerned at a British Academy report this week warning that Theology and Religions courses are at risk of "disappearing" from universities.And a US pastor baptising people in the online world of virtual reality explains why the idea could catch on.
2019-05-26
43 min
The History of England - Guest Episodes
Thomas Cromwell with Diarmaid MacCulloch
Diarmaid MacCulloch brings wonderful scholarship, wit and humanity with a delightfully fresh biography of Thomas Cromwell, shot through with new insights. And I got to meet him! Here is what we talked about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-04-17
47 min
The History of England - Guest Episodes
Thomas Cranmer with Diarmaid MacCulloch
Cranmer's reputation has run from dishonest, ambitious politician to gentle, moderate Anglican. Prof. Diarmaid MacCulloch shed light on the life and motivations of the man central to the English Reformation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-04-17
49 min
In Our Time: History
William Cecil
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact on the British Isles of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the most poweful man in the court of Elizabeth I. He was both praised and attacked for his flexibility, adapting to the reigns of Protestant and Catholic monarchs and, under Elizabeth, his goal was to make England strong, stable and secure from attack from its neighbours. He sought control over Ireland and persuaded Elizabeth that Mary Queen of Scots must die, yet often counselled peace rather than war in the interests of prosperity. With Diarmaid MacCulloch Professor of...
2019-03-07
51 min
Purpose in the Process
Melanie Atha (Part 2) - Advocating for Peace
In part 2 of this two-part interview recorded on MLK day 2019, Melanie Atha told us about her other role as the Executive Director of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF). In this second episode of the two-part series, we discussed: How Melanie (and EPF) advocate for peace A discussion from varying viewpoints on policymaking responses to gun violence What it’s like to live a “nomadic” life touring multiple states in “Miranda” (their van) How advocating for peace needs to start by making peace with yourself I hope you enjoy this...
2019-02-04
00 min
Research Comms
Putting comms at the core of research | Liz Hutchinson | The British Academy
The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences. For almost 120 years the Academy has been championing these disciplines and boasts some of their most distinguished scholars as fellows, past and present, including John Maynard Keynes, C.S. Lewis, Mary Beard and Rowan Williams. Recently the BA announced a new strategic plan that places reinvigorated communications at its core, so for this episode of Research Comms I caught up the Communications Director, Liz Hutchinson, to find out more about their plans. --------------------------- British Academy Website British Academy Blog ...
2019-01-16
30 min
Start the Week
Power in Politics
Today's battle for political power began with Thomas Cromwell, argues Diarmaid MacCulloch. In a landmark new biography he tells Tom Sutcliffe how Henry VIII's chief reformer claimed power from Europe and the pope - and gave it to an English parliament instead. But Cromwell is one of the most notorious figures in history, admired as a master statesman and reviled as a Machiavel.Acclaimed playwright James Graham dramatises the political power-play of the Brexit campaign in his new Channel 4 drama. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Dominic Cummings, the driving force behind Vote Leave, Graham depicts ten weeks of...
2018-12-03
42 min
Speaking of Writers
Diarmaid MacCulloch- Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life
Historian and New York Times bestselling author shares the complete biography of Thomas Cromwell, the man behind Henry VIII Since the sixteenth century we have been fascinated by Henry VIII and the man who stood beside him, guiding him, enriching him, and enduring the king's insatiable appetites and violent outbursts until Henry ordered his beheading in July 1540. After a decade of sleuthing in the royal archives, Diarmaid MacCulloch has emerged with THOMAS CROMWELL: A Revolutionary Life, a tantalizing new understanding of Henry's mercurial chief minister. History has not been kind to the son of a Putney brewer who became the...
2018-11-30
10 min
New Books in Irish Studies
Diarmaid MacCulloch, "Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life" (Viking, 2018)
Despite ranking among the most influential people in English history, Thomas Cromwell has long eluded biographers and historians. In Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life (Viking, 2018), though, Diarmaid MacCulloch provides readers with the definitive study of this key figure in the English Reformation. Drawing upon the full range of the available archival material and his own deep understanding of the era, MacCulloch shows how Cromwell’s views and achievements often belie the historical reputation that has formed around him. The son of a yeoman, Cromwell emerged by dint of his abilities and language skills to become a trusted servant of th...
2018-11-29
48 min
The Guardian Books podcast
The art of biography, with Diarmaid MacCulloch and Ken Krimstein – books podcast
New Yorker cartoonist Krimstein discusses his pictorial life of Hannah Arendt and we head to the British Library with MacCulloch to learn about Thomas Cromwell
2018-11-27
46 min
Listen to Trending Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by Diarmaid Macculloch
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life Author: Diarmaid Macculloch Narrator: David Rintoul Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in the English government, which reveals at last Cromwell's role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn 'This a book that - and it's not often you can say this - we have been awaiting for four hundred years.' --Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall...
2018-10-30
05 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in History, Europe
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by Diarmaid Macculloch
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344556 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life Author: Diarmaid Macculloch Narrator: David Rintoul Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in the English government, which reveals at last Cromwell's role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn 'This a book that - and it's not often you can say this - we have been awaiting for four hundred years.' --Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall Since...
2018-10-30
05 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in History, Europe
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life by Diarmaid Macculloch
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344556to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life Author: Diarmaid Macculloch Narrator: David Rintoul Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 39 minutes Release date: October 30, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in the English government, which reveals at last Cromwell's role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn 'This a book that - and it's not often you can say this - we have been awaiting for four hundred years.' --Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall Since the...
2018-10-30
2h 39
Listen to Latest Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics
Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid Macculloch
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Cromwell: A Life Author: Diarmaid Macculloch Narrator: David Rintoul Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Cromwell by Diarmaid MacCulloch, read by David Rintoul. Thomas Cromwell is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Born in obscurity in Putney, he became a fixer for Cardinal Wolsey in the 1520s. After Wolsey's fall, Henry VIII promoted him...
2018-09-27
10 min
Listen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Law & Politics
Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid Macculloch
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350110to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Cromwell: A Life Author: Diarmaid Macculloch Narrator: David Rintoul Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Cromwell by Diarmaid MacCulloch, read by David Rintoul. Thomas Cromwell is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Born in obscurity in Putney, he became a fixer for Cardinal Wolsey in the 1520s. After Wolsey's fall, Henry VIII promoted him to...
2018-09-27
2h 38
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Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid Macculloch
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Cromwell: A Life Author: Diarmaid Macculloch Narrator: David Rintoul Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Cromwell by Diarmaid MacCulloch, read by David Rintoul. Thomas Cromwell is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Born in obscurity in Putney, he became a fixer for Cardinal Wolsey in the 1520s. After Wolsey's fall, Henry VIII promoted him...
2018-09-27
10 min
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Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid Macculloch
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350110 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Cromwell: A Life Author: Diarmaid Macculloch Narrator: David Rintoul Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Cromwell by Diarmaid MacCulloch, read by David Rintoul. Thomas Cromwell is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Born in obscurity in Putney, he became a fixer for Cardinal Wolsey in the 1520s. After Wolsey's fall, Henry VIII promoted him to...
2018-09-27
10 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in History, Europe
Thomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid Macculloch
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350110to listen full audiobooks. Title: Thomas Cromwell: A Life Author: Diarmaid Macculloch Narrator: David Rintoul Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 26 hours 38 minutes Release date: September 27, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Cromwell by Diarmaid MacCulloch, read by David Rintoul. Thomas Cromwell is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Born in obscurity in Putney, he became a fixer for Cardinal Wolsey in the 1520s. After Wolsey's fall, Henry VIII promoted him to a...
2018-09-27
2h 38
The TLS Podcast
Diarmaid MacCulloch on Thomas Cromwell
In this bonus episode, the TLS's History editor David Horspool discusses Thomas Cromwell with Diarmaid MacCulloch, the author of a new, definitive biography. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-09-27
30 min
The TLS Podcast
Mexico's great disgrace
Lorna Scott Fox joins us to discuss the fiftieth anniversary of Mexico's Tlatelolco of 1968, a travesty still shrouded in obfuscation; the TLS's History editor David Horspool discusses Thomas Cromwell with Diarmaid MacCulloch, the author of a new, definitive biography; and finally, Rozalind Dineen offers a round-up of interesting new podcastsBooks and podcasts discussedMéxico 68: The students, the President and the CIA by Sergio AguayoThomas Cromwell: A Life by Diarmaid MacCullochThe Teachers Pet (The Australian)West Cork (Audible)The Ratline (BBC)In Our...
2018-09-27
52 min
Irenicast - A Progressive Christian Podcast
Another Conversation with Jennifer Knapp - Theology, Music and Sous Vide
Jeff and Allen have another conversation with Jennifer Knapp about the many things she is currently working on. The discussion takes us through her recently finished theology degree from Vanderbilt University, her upcoming tour and finally one of her favorite cooking methods. For those unfamiliar with Jennifer Knapp’s work, she has been a recording artist since the late 1990s. She started her music as a CCM artist. After an extended hiatus and coming out as a lesbian Jennifer started the second half of her musical career outside CCM. She refers to her current musical trajectory as caree...
2018-09-04
59 min
Gifford Lectures (audio)
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Getting behind noise in Christian history
Lecture 5: Getting behind noise in Christian history So far, the story has largely been about overt history: the positive utterances and actions of public Christianity. We turn now to further and more complex varieties of silence: first the phenomenon of ‘Nicodemism’, simultaneously audible to those with ears to hear, and not to be heard by others. New politic silences were caused by the fissuring of Western Christianity, through efforts to sidestep the consequent violence and persecution; a rediscovery of classical discussion of silence took place on the eve of the Reformation in the writings of Italian civic humanists, and this trad...
2018-06-01
00 min
Gifford Lectures (audio)
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Silence in modern and future Christianities
Lecture 6: Silence in modern and future Christianities We consider the democratisation of the quest for silence in industrial society: the tangling of a secular society with the silences provided by Christian tradition, through for instance the popularity of retreats, or the observance of silence in remembrance. We see the importance of ‘whistle-blowing’ to modern Christianity, and its use of the historical discipline. We ponder the relation of agnosticism to silence; the role of music in silence and Christian understanding; the relationship between Word and Spirit in the future of Christian life. Recorded Thursday 3 May 2012 at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh.Audio vers...
2018-06-01
00 min
Gifford Lectures (audio)
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Silence through schism and two Reformations: 451-1500
Lecture 3: Silence through schism and two Reformations: 451-1500 The significance of the threeway split in Christianity after the Council of Chalcedon (451). The purposeful Chalcedonian forgetting of Evagrius Ponticus and the contribution of an anonymous theologian who took the name Dionysius the Areopagite. The role of Augustine in the Western Church: a theologian of words, not silence. The transformation in the use of silence and its function after the Carolingian expansion of Benedictine monastic life (together with the West’s discovery of pseudo-Dionysius), and the further development through the great years of Cluny Abbey. Counter-currents on silence in the medieval West, an...
2018-06-01
00 min
Gifford Lectures (audio)
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Silence transformed: the third Reformation 1500-1700
Lecture 4: Silence transformed: the third Reformation 1500-1700 The noisiness of Protestantism, particularly exacerbated by the end of monasticism, unsuccessfully countered in the Church of Zürich but transcended first among radical Reformers (especially Caspar Schwenckfeld and Sebastian Franck) and a century later by the Society of Friends. The difficulties of contemplatives in the Counter-Reformation, where activism was the characteristic of the new foundations of Jesuits and Ursulines, and the problems faced by such revivals as the Discalced Carmelites. The troubles of Madame Guyon and Quietists. Recorded 30 April 2012 at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh. Audio version.
2018-06-01
00 min
Gifford Lectures (audio)
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Catholic Christianity and the arrival of ascetism, 100-400
Lecture 2: Catholic Christianity and the arrival of ascetism, 100-400 Counter-strands to silence in the early Church, encouraged by its congregational worship and cult of martyrdom, and the effect of gnostic Christianities in shaping what the emerging Catholic Church decided to emphasise or ignore.The emergence of new positive theologies of silence: negative theology and its sources in the Platonic tradition; the development of asceticism in the mainstream Church in Syria from the second century, and its possible sources: the place of silence in the development of monasticism and eremetical life in Christianity.The importance of the remaking of monasticism in...
2018-06-01
00 min
Gifford Lectures (audio)
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Voices and silence in Tanakh and Christian New Testament
Silence in Christian History: the witness of Holmes' DogLecture 1: Introduction. Voices and silence in Tanakh and Christian New Testament. Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch presents his introductory lecture in our 2012 Gifford lecture series. He discusses a change in emphasis between the Hebrew Scripture (the Tanakh) and what Christians made of what is arguably a minority positive strand in Judaic thinking on silence; we survey the growth of a consciousness of silence, particularly in the cosmos, in Jewish religion.We seek the voice of Jesus to be heard behind the text of the New Testament, with his distinctive use of silence and silences...
2018-06-01
00 min
To All Nations Podcast
Episode 20: The Reformation Five Centuries of Revolution Part II
Sorry every one for the break in production but back in the To All Nations broadcast center we are all back on track. This is the second I believe final part of the series on the Reformation. I loved doing this podcast but it was a lot of work! I hope you find it edifying and enjoyable. We owe a lot to the Reformation and all the men and women that died so that we could read and understand the Bible today. The Reformation still lives on in our daily lives and without the Reformation our world would be radic...
2018-05-05
00 min
The Long View
Facebook revelations and the Reformation
Jonathan Freedland and guests compare the Facebook Cambridge Analytica data row with Luther's rejection of Purgatory and a loss of trust in the Church in pre-Reformation Europe. With Diarmaid MacCulloch. Professor of the History of the Church; Mic Wright, technology writer; Emily Taylor, associate fellow of Chatham House and editor of the Journal of Cyber Policy; Liam Byrne MP, Shadow Digital Minister and actor Anton Lesser.Producer: Georgia Catt.
2018-04-10
27 min
To All Nations Podcast
Episode 19: The Reformation Five Centuries of Revolution
The Refromation, was an era all Christians should know about. We live in an age that was defined, created an sustained by the ideas and the men and women of the Reformation. From Liberal values to indivdual liberaty, from pubic education to secular sphere of public life the Reformation created the modern era. Almost nothing we know about the modern era, from the englightment to political revolution would have happened without the Reformation and was not rooted deeply in the Reformation. Even the very nature of the Christianity was transformed by the Reformation the nature and practice of the Roman...
2018-03-28
00 min
In Our Time: Religion
The Siege of Malta, 1565
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the event of which Voltaire, two hundred years later, said 'nothing was more well known'. In 1565, Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman leader, sent a great fleet west to lay siege to Malta and capture it for his empire. Victory would mean control of trade across the Mediterranean and a base for attacks on Spain, Sicily and southern Italy, even Rome. It would also mean elimination of Malta's defenders, the Knights Hospitaller, driven by the Ottomans from their base in Rhodes in 1522 and whose raids on his shipping had long been a thorn in his...
2018-01-11
49 min
In Our Time: History
The Siege of Malta, 1565
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the event of which Voltaire, two hundred years later, said 'nothing was more well known'. In 1565, Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman leader, sent a great fleet west to lay siege to Malta and capture it for his empire. Victory would mean control of trade across the Mediterranean and a base for attacks on Spain, Sicily and southern Italy, even Rome. It would also mean elimination of Malta's defenders, the Knights Hospitaller, driven by the Ottomans from their base in Rhodes in 1522 and whose raids on his shipping had long been a thorn in his...
2018-01-11
49 min
The Profile
Diarmaid MacCulloch: Professor of church history says change of attitude needed on sexuality
Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, the author of numerous books including A History of Christianity and an award winning broadcaster. He talks to Sam Hailes about his life and career and explains why he believes the Church of England's position on gay marriage is wrong. The historian also unpacks why history should matter for Christians today, and reveals how his own Christian faith has changed over the years. The Profile is brought to you in association with Premier Christianity magazine. For a free sample copy, visit premierchristianity.com/freesample For mo...
2017-11-04
55 min
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The Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch | Free Audiobook
Listen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Reformation Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch Narrator: Anne Flosnik Format: Unabridged Length: 36 hrs and 11 mins Language: English Release date: 03-28-17 Publisher: Tantor Audio Genres: History, European Summary: At a time when men and women were prepared to kill - and be killed - for their faith, the Protestant Reformation tore the Western world apart. Acclaimed as the definitive account of these epochal events, Diarmaid MacCulloch's award-winning history brilliantly recreates the religious battles of priests, monarchs, scholars, and politicians - from the zealous Martin Luther and his 95 Theses to the...
2017-03-28
12h 11
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All Things Made New by Diarmaid MacCulloch | Free Audiobook
Listen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: All Things Made New Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch Narrator: Neil Scott-Barbour Format: Unabridged Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins Language: English Release date: 02-16-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: History, European Summary: The most profound characteristic of Western Europe in the Middle Ages was its cultural and religious unity, a unity secured by a common alignment with the Pope in Rome and a common language - Latin - for worship and scholarship. The Reformation shattered that unity, and the consequences are still with us today. In All Things Made New, Diarmaid MacCulloch...
2017-02-16
5h 49
Thinking with Things: The Oxford Collection
Henry VIII Renaissance Medal
On Henry VIII and the Founding of the Church of England Minted at London in 1545, this medal shows a bust of Henry VIII, with inscriptions in Hebrew and Greek on the reverse. As a consequence of Henry’s break with Rome in 1533, he claimed to be 'Supreme head of Church of England.' With Rev. Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, History of the Church, University of Oxford. Object number: HCR6591
2017-01-23
03 min
The Long View
The EU Referendum and the English Reformation
The Long View of Brexit, comparing it with the English Reformation. Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch is the lead historian explaining that Henry VIII broke away from the Ecclesiastical control of Rome with the help of his 'fixer' Thomas Cromwell. However, Cromwell's ambitions were driven by his Protestantism whereas Henry was interested in securing his legacy and not making substantial changes to the national religion. In the event it wasn't Henry but his second daughter Elizabeth who enshrined Protestantism in English law, with a number of particularly English twists, not least the maintaining of the Cathedral system with its Choirs and...
2016-08-01
27 min
In Our Time: History
The Battle of Lepanto
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Battle of Lepanto, 1571, the last great sea battle between galleys, in which the Catholic fleet of the Holy League of principally Venice, Spain, the Papal States, Malta, Genoa, and Savoy defeated the Ottoman forces of Selim II. When much of Europe was divided over the Reformation, this was the first major victory of a Christian force over a Turkish fleet. The battle followed the Ottoman invasion of Venetian Cyprus and decades in which the Venetians had been trying to stop the broader westward expansion of the Ottomans into the Mediterranean. The outcome had...
2015-11-12
48 min
Saturday Review
Death of a Salesman, While We're Young, Alfred Hitchcock, Frames in Focus, Sex and the Church
Arthur Miller's Pullitzer prize winning 1949 play, Death of a Salesman, set in Brooklyn in New York, is one of the greatest American tragedies ever written. In a production to celebrate the centenary of Miller's birth at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford on Avon, Artistic Director Greg Doran directs Anthony Sher as Willy Loman, Harriet Walter as his wife Linda and Alex Hassel as their son Biff. How well does this production portray the darkness that lies at the heart of the American dream? Oscar nominated for The Squid and the Whale, "While We're Young" is Noah Baumbach's 8th...
2015-04-04
41 min
Alumni Weekend
Richard Ovenden and Diarmaid MacCulloch in Conversation
Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Fellow of Balliol, and Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St Cross.
2014-10-06
59 min
Alumni Weekend
Richard Ovenden and Diarmaid MacCulloch in Conversation
Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Fellow of Balliol, and Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St Cross.
2014-10-06
59 min
Alumni Weekend
Richard Ovenden and Diarmaid MacCulloch in Conversation
Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Fellow of Balliol, and Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St Cross.
2014-10-06
59 min
Alumni Weekend
Richard Ovenden and Diarmaid MacCulloch in Conversation
Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Fellow of Balliol, and Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St Cross.
2014-10-06
59 min
Writers and Readers Festivals
Diarmaid MacCulloch on having faith
In a very wide-ranging conversation Diarmaid MacCulloch talks with Peter Biggs about religious belief in the modern world. As well as authoring a number of award-winning books- including Reformation, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2004 and 'A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years' - Diarmaid MacCulloch has presented three BBC television series, is Professor of History of the Church at the University of Oxford, a Church of England deacon, a British Academy Fellow and, in 2012, was knighted for services to scholarship.
2014-07-20
51 min
JourneyWithJesus.net Podcast
JwJ: Sunday February 2, 2014
Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Live Different: The Beatitudes of Jesus* for Sunday, 2 February 2014; book review: *Silence, A Christian History* by Diarmaid MacCulloch (2013); film review: *The Summit* (2013); poem review: *Further Possible Answers to Prayer* by Scott Cairns.
2014-01-26
16 min
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
TORCH Book Series: ‘Thomas Wyatt - The Heart’s Forest’ by Susan Brigden
David Starkey, Chris Stamatakis and Diarmaid MacCulloch discuss ‘Thomas Wyatt - The Heart’s Forest’ by Susan Brigden as part of the TORCH Book Series Winner of the 2012 Wolfson History Prize, 'The Heart’s Forest' is a biography of renaissance poet Thomas Wyatt, which reveals the fascinating history of his life in Henry VIII's court. His poetry held a mirror to this secret, capricious world, and alluded darkly to events which it was dangerous for him to mention. Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) was the first modern voice in English poetry. His poetry holds a mirror to the secret, capricious world of Henry VI...
2013-12-12
1h 04
In Our Time: Religion
The Book of Common Prayer
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer. In 1549, at the height of the English Reformation, a new prayer book was published containing versions of the liturgy in English. Generally believed to have been supervised by Thomas Cranmer, the Book of Common Prayer was at the centre of the decade of religious turmoil that followed, and disputes over its use were one of the major causes of the English Civil War in the 1640s. The book was revised several times before the celebrated final version was published in 1662. It is still in use in many churches...
2013-10-17
42 min
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Silence by Diarmaid MacCulloch | Free Audiobook
Listen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Silence Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch Narrator: Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins Language: English Release date: 09-12-13 Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity Summary: 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 best-selling 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...
2013-09-12
8h 07
Louis C. Midgley | The Interpreter Foundation
Multiple Reformations and a Deeply Divided House
Review of Diarmaid MacCulloch. The Reformation. New York: Viking Penguin, 2004. xxvii + 832 pp. with appendix of texts and index. $35.95 (hardcover). $22.00 (paperback). The post Multiple Reformations and a Deeply Divided House first appeared on The Interpreter Foundation.
2013-07-19
00 min
The University of Edinburgh: The University of Edinburgh
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Getting behind noise in Christian history
Lecture 5: Getting behind noise in Christian historySo far, the story has largely been about overt history: the positive utterances and actions of public Christianity. We turn now to further and more complex varieties of silence: first the phenomenon of ‘Nicodemism’, simultaneously audible to those with ears to hear, and not to be heard by others. New politic silences were caused by the fissuring of Western Christianity, through efforts to sidestep the consequent violence and persecution; a rediscovery of classical discussion of silence took place on the eve of the Reformation in the writings of Italian civic humanists, and...
2012-05-17
00 min
The University of Edinburgh: The University of Edinburgh
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Silence in modern and future Christianities
Lecture 6: Silence in modern and future Christianities We consider the democratisation of the quest for silence in industrial society: the tangling of a secular society with the silences provided by Christian tradition, through for instance the popularity of retreats, or the observance of silence in remembrance. We see the importance of ‘whistle-blowing’ to modern Christianity, and its use of the historical discipline. We ponder the relation of agnosticism to silence; the role of music in silence and Christian understanding; the relationship between Word and Spirit in the future of Christian life. Reco...
2012-05-10
00 min
The University of Edinburgh: The University of Edinburgh
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Silence through schism and two Reformations: 451-1500
Lecture 3: Silence through schism and two Reformations: 451-1500The significance of the threeway split in Christianity after the Council of Chalcedon (451). The purposeful Chalcedonian forgetting of Evagrius Ponticus and the contribution of an anonymous theologian who took the name Dionysius the Areopagite. The role of Augustine in the Western Church: a theologian of words, not silence. The transformation in the use of silence and its function after the Carolingian expansion of Benedictine monastic life (together with the West’s discovery of pseudo-Dionysius), and the further development through the great years of Cluny Abbey. Counter-currents on silence in...
2012-05-10
00 min
The University of Edinburgh: The University of Edinburgh
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Silence transformed: the third Reformation 1500-1700
Lecture 4: Silence transformed: the third Reformation 1500-1700The noisiness of Protestantism, particularly exacerbated by the end of monasticism, unsuccessfully countered in the Church of Zürich but transcended first among radical Reformers (especially Caspar Schwenckfeld and Sebastian Franck) and a century later by the Society of Friends. The difficulties of contemplatives in the Counter-Reformation, where activism was the characteristic of the new foundations of Jesuits and Ursulines, and the problems faced by such revivals as the Discalced Carmelites. The troubles of Madame Guyon and Quietists. Recorded 30 April 2012 at St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh. Audio version.
2012-05-10
00 min
The University of Edinburgh: The University of Edinburgh
Diarmaid MacCulloch - Voices and silence in Tanakh and Christian New Testament
Silence in Christian History: the witness of Holmes' DogLecture 1: Introduction. Voices and silence in Tanakh and Christian New Testament. Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch presents his introductory lecture in our 2012 Gifford lecture series. He discusses a change in emphasis between the Hebrew Scripture (the Tanakh) and what Christians made of what is arguably a minority positive strand in Judaic thinking on silence; we survey the growth of a consciousness of silence, particularly in the cosmos, in Jewish religion.We seek the voice of Jesus to be heard behind the text of the New Testament...
2012-05-08
00 min
The Art of Monarchy
Faith
The Royal Collection is one of the most wide-ranging collections of art and artefacts in the world and provides an intriguing insight into the minds of the monarchs who assembled it. In this series, BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz encounters dozens of these unique objects - some priceless, others no more than souvenirs - each shedding light on our relationship with the monarchy and giving a glimpse into the essential ingredients of a successful sovereign. A thousand years of monarchical history tell us that one crucial relationship for a monarch is with the church. In...
2012-02-25
28 min
JourneyWithJesus.net Podcast
JwJ: Sunday September 19, 2010
Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Faith and Wealth: Gospel Lessons, Wall Street Examples* for Sunday, 19 September 2010; book review: *Christianity, The First Three Thousand Years* by Diarmaid MacCulloch (2010); film review: *Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars* (2005, Sierra Leone) ; poem review: *Those Who Carry* by Anna Kamienska.
2010-09-12
18 min
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
This week Neil MacGregor's world history as told through objects is describing how people expressed devotion and connection with the divine in the 14th and 15th centuries. Today he is with an icon from Constantinople that looks back in history to celebrate the overthrow of iconoclasm and the restoration of holy images in AD 843 - a moment of triumph for the Orthodox branch of the Christian Church. This icon shows the annual festival of orthodoxy celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent, with historical figures of that time and a famous depiction of the Virgin Mary.
2010-07-06
14 min
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Christianity by Diarmaid MacCulloch | Free Audiobook
Listen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Christianity Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch Narrator: Walter Dixon Format: Unabridged Length: 46 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 03-30-10 Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC Genres: History, World Summary: Once in a generation, a historian will redefine his field, producing a book that demands to be read and heard - a product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill. Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity is such a book. Breathtaking in ambition, it ranges back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible and covers the world, following the three main strands of the Christian...
2010-03-30
10h 35
In Our Time: Religion
Calvinism
Melvyn Bragg and guests Justin Champion, Susan Hardman Moore and Diarmaid MacCulloch discuss the ideas of the religious reformer John Calvin - the theology known as Calvinism, or Reformed Protestantism - and its impact. John Calvin, a Frenchman exiled to Geneva, became a towering figure of the 16th century Reformation of the Christian Church. He achieved this not through charismatic oratory, but through the relentless rigour of his analysis of the Bible. In Geneva, he oversaw an austere, theocratic and sometimes brutal regime. Nonetheless, the explosion of printing made his theology highly mobile. The zeal he instilled in his...
2010-02-25
42 min
In Our Time
Calvinism
Melvyn Bragg and guests Justin Champion, Susan Hardman Moore and Diarmaid MacCulloch discuss the ideas of the religious reformer John Calvin - the theology known as Calvinism, or Reformed Protestantism - and its impact. John Calvin, a Frenchman exiled to Geneva, became a towering figure of the 16th century Reformation of the Christian Church. He achieved this not through charismatic oratory, but through the relentless rigour of his analysis of the Bible. In Geneva, he oversaw an austere, theocratic and sometimes brutal regime. Nonetheless, the explosion of printing made his theology highly mobile. The zeal he instilled in his...
2010-02-25
42 min