John McManners is a Fellow of All Souls College, and Regius Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford. He has written extensively on French and European history. His fifth book, Death and the Enlightenment (OUP, 1981), was awarded the Wolfson Literary Prize for History, and was one of The Times ten best non-fiction books of the year.

Review from previous edition full of wise insights, balance of information, reliable scholarship and precision of writing

• 1. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY; 10. GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE; 16. WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE

John McManners is a Fellow of All Souls College, and Regius Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford. He has written extensively on French and European history. His fifth book, Death and the Enlightenment (OUP, 1981), was awarded the Wolfson Literary Prize for History, and was one of The Times ten best non-fiction books of the year.

Review from previous edition full of wise insights, balance of information, reliable scholarship and precision of writing

• 1. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY; 10. GREAT BRITAIN AND EUROPE; 16. WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE