Twelve Churches
an unlikely history of the buildings that made christianity
$70.20
- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2025
Summary
Twelve Churches: A Journey Through Faith, History, and Humanity
Karen Armstrong meets Pico Iyer in this sweeping history of Christianity that visits a dozen places of worship on every inhabited continent to tell their often wild stories and examine their sometimes difficult legacies.
Christianity is the largest religion in the US with upwards of 200 million people, and its churches often possess an allure and beauty that fascinate even the most committed ath…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668074473 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1668074478 |
| Author: | Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie, Fergus Butler-Gallie |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Avid Reader Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 549g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 23mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A brilliant book, recommended for those who enjoy reading about Christianity from an intersectional perspective.”–Library Journal (starred review)
“It’s a history as much about antiquity and architecture as about corruption and hope.”–Common Good Magazine
“A brilliantly inventive way of telling a story that profoundly affects us all: the emergence and evolution of global Christianity.”–Tom Holland, author of Dominion“Fresh and accessible approach to church history….leads the reader along a thoughtful, humane, and open-minded journey across time and place to discover the Christian faith at its best, worst, and most mundane. It’s a trip worth taking.”–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
About The Author
Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie
Fergus Butler-Gallie is an author, journalist, and an ordained Anglican priest who was educated at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and has served in London and Liverpool. He is the author of A Field Guide to the English Clergy, which was named a Best Book of the Year by The Times (London), The Mail on Sunday (London), and BBC History; Priests de la Resistance!, which was a Spectator Best Book of the Year; Touching Cloth; and Twelve Churches. He is Editor-at-Large for The Fence, and his journalism has appeared in publications including The Times (London), The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph (London), Financial Times, and The New Statesman (UK). He also won the 2022 P.G. Wodehouse Essay Prize.
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