A People's History of Christianity - Diana Butler Bass

⭐ 9.0/10

(Originally written by Magdalene)

In this book, the author goes through the history of Christianity era by era and looking at how the religion changed, mostly through the two areas of devotion and ethics. It's a "people's history", so although she talks about some major figures that we're familiar with, she focuses on how their beliefs and actions affected the daily lives of people. The focus is on the faith and religion of the common people - how they prayed, what they believed, etc. She also discussed some people that we don't usually hear about to show how the ideas of the day affected them or the influence they had on others. I found it really interesting and informative. It's well-researched without being stuffy. The author seems to be a liberal Christian, and I appreciated getting her viewpoint, and just this overview of how much Christianity has changed since Jesus.