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All Things Made New

The Reformation and Its Legacy

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All Things Made New

By: Diarmaid MacCulloch
Narrated by: Neil Scott-Barbour
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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, author of the New York Times best seller Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, examines not only the Reformation's impact across Europe but also the Catholic Counter-Reformation and the special evolution of religion in England, revealing how one of the most turbulent, bloody, and transformational events in Western history has shaped modern society.

The Reformation may have launched a social revolution, MacCulloch argues, but it was not caused by social and economic forces or even by a secular idea like nationalism; it sprang from a big idea about death, salvation, and the afterlife. This idea - that salvation was entirely in God's hands and there was nothing humans could do to alter his decision - ended the Catholic Church's monopoly in Europe and altered the trajectory of the entire future of the West.

By turns passionate, funny, meditative, and subversive, All Things Made New takes listeners onto fascinating new ground, exploring the original conflicts of the Reformation and cutting through prejudices that continue to distort popular conceptions of a religious divide still with us after five centuries. This monumental work, from one of the most distinguished scholars of Christianity writing today, explores the ways in which historians have told the tale of the Reformation, why their interpretations have changed so dramatically over time, and ultimately how the contested legacy of this revolution continues to impact the world today.

©2016 Diarmaid MacCulloch (P)2017 Audible, Inc.
16th Century Christianity Europe History Modern Middle Ages Funny England Western Europe Tudor Pope Royalty

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A bit too wordy for me, but I did learn a lot. I wasnt keen on the narration either. I listened to Reforamrions, by Eire before this one and thought it was much better.

meandering.

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Narration most annoying - halting, with gaps paying no attention to punctuation, and contains many mis-pronunciations. Nearly spoils the book entirely.

Narration most annoying

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Would you try another book written by Diarmaid MacCulloch or narrated by Neil Scott-Barbour?

Diarmaid MacCulloch is a delight, however this reading is pedestrian and incompetemt, mispronouncing names and generally spoiling what should have been a good listen.

Good book, dreadful reader

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I might have given this interesting book more stars if it hadn’t been for the awful narrator. I confess I stopped concentrating at times because of him.

Interesting book but awful narrator

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Brilliant book but rubbish narrator.

The reader gets most of the basic theological terminology wrong, however the context is brilliant and captivating. It is well worth getting annoyed with the reader to listen to the content of MacCulloch’s... just wish his book on Thomas Cranmer was on audible!

Brilliant book but rubbish narrator

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Just about the worst reading imaginable - staccato-like in delivery, with some bizarre pronunciations. It makes the listening experience painful.

Important and intelligent review of reformation history, ruined by incompetent narration.

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This is a very interesting & varied collection of essays on (principally) the English Reformation, in accessible & entertaining language, as one would expect from MacCulloch.

The narrator has a kind, authoritative voice, though is somewhat inconsistent in his pronunciation, especially of non-English words.

Varied essay collection

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Great history, but let down by some grating narration. Shame. So many mispronounced terms and stock words from church history - why wasn’t the poor guy given some coaching?

Narration - oh dear

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Wish I could give no stars for a truly awful narrator who has mangled a very fine book

Ruined by the narrator

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Yet another example on Audible of absolutely hopeless narration. I would do this very much better so please call me 😂

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