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The Vanishing: Faith, Loss, and the Twilight of Christianity in the Land of the Prophets

byJanine Di Giovanni

The Vanishing examines faith, Loss, and the Twilight of Christianity in the Land of the Prophets, combining Janine Di Giovanni's clear narrative with the perspective of a historical account. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of history and religion. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning.

Publisher

PublicAffairs

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

272

ISBN

9781541756717