{"product_id":"twelve-churches-by-fergus-butler-gallie-9781399731317","title":"Twelve Churches","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliantly inventive'. - \u003cb\u003eTom Holland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Learned, highly informative and readable'. - \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Thoughtful, humane and open-minded'. - \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant book'. - \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Witty writing'. - \u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith his trademark reverence and revelry, The Revd. Fergus Butler-Gallie travels through time and place to get to the heart of the religion he is so passionate about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, he takes us from Bethlehem and the birth of Christ some 2000-odd years ago, to the immediate present and future of Christianity. He brings together a Baptist Church in the segregationist American South with a medieval monastery in the heart of the Greek countryside; the Vatican - beautiful, imposing, vainglorious, the seat of Catholicism - with a sparse, tiny private church above the rocky coastline of Southern Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwelve Churches\u003c\/em\u003e is a quest for a new people's history of Christianity, told through the stories of twelve churches scattered across the globe. Through a patchwork of interlinking and varied human stories, Butler-Gallie takes us on a physical and historical journey, exploring the role of hope, faith, and beauty in Christianity, but also its fraught relationships with sex, violence, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of Christianity is, he shows, the story of our modern world: it's a story of who we should be, as well as who we sometimes are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46812025618668,"sku":"9781399731317","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/0f2ab5932d6999c16755ed078127a143.jpg?v=1757635019","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/twelve-churches-by-fergus-butler-gallie-9781399731317","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}