
A Secret History of Christianity
Jesus, The Last Inkling, And The Evolution Of Consciousness
by Mark Vernon
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Pub Date Jul 24 2019 | Archive Date Aug 31 2019
John Hunt Publishing Ltd | Christian Alternative Books
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Description
Barfield realized that the human experience of life shifts fundamentally over periods of cultural time. Our perception of nature, the cosmos and the divine changes dramatically across history.
Mark Vernon uses this startling insight to tell the inner story of 3000 years of Christianity, beginning from the earliest Biblical times. Drawing, too, on the latest scholarship and spiritual questions of our day, he presents a gripping account of how Christianity constellated a new perception of what it is to be human. For 1500 years, this sense of things informed many lives, though it fell into crisis with the Reformation, scientific revolution and Enlightenment.
But the story does not stop there. Barfield realised that there is meaning in the disenchantment and alienation experienced by many people today. It is part of a process that is remaking our sense of participation in the life of nature, the cosmos and the divine. It's a new stage in the evolution of human consciousness.
Advance Praise
“Mark Vernon rescues Owen Barfield from undeserved obscurity in the shadows of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis but in the process does so much more than that. He lifts our eyes, expands our horizons and reintroduces imagination into our shared religious life. We are richer for reading him – and Barfield – and listening carefully to what they have to say.” Nick Spencer, Senior Fellow, Theos, and author of The Evolution of the West
"At a time when the outer forms of Christianity seem to be in a state of exhaustion and confusion, he recalls us to an inner experience of Christ, a call to transformation of both vision and consciousness." Malcolm Guite, Poet and author of Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Mark Vernon provides fresh insights into the role of Judaism, ancient Greek philosophy, Jesus Christ, Church history, mysticism and imagination in the evolution of Western consciousness. His book gives an intriguing new perspective on where we are today. A brilliant overview." Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, biologist and author of The Science Delusion
Marketing Plan
Mark Vernon is a writer, commentator and psychotherapist, contributing to and presenting programmes on BBC radio, as well as writing for the national and religious press, and online publications like Aeon. He has a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy, and other degrees in physics and in theology, having studied at Durham, Oxford and Warwick universities. He is the author of several previous books, including /The Meaning of Friendship/ (Palgrave Macmillan), /God: The Big Questions/ (Quercus), and /The Idler Guide to Ancient Philosophy/ (Idler Books). He used to be an Anglican priest. For more information see www.markvernon.com.
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781789041941 |
PRICE | $23.95 (USD) |