Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch's Gifford Lecture Series was entitled 'Silence in Christian History: The Witness of Holmes' Dog' Silence in Christian History: the witness of Holmes' Dog Image Event details Lecture series title: Silence in Christian History: the witness of Holmes' Dog Dates: 23, 24, 26, 30 April; 1,3 May 2012 all at 5.30pm Venue: St Cecilia's Hall, Cowgate, Edinburgh EH1 1NQ [Image credit: Chris Guibbons] Biography Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch delivered the 2011-2012 Gifford Lecture Series at the University of Edinburgh. Diarmaid MacCulloch, Kt, DD, FBA, FRHistS, FSA, Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford, Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, and prize-winning author, has written extensively on the sixteenth century and beyond it. His History of Christianity: the first three thousand years (Penguin Press) and the BBC TV series based on it first appeared in 2009, and won him the Cundill Prize, the world’s largest prize for history, in 2010. His series How God made the English is due for showing on BBC2 in early 2012. He was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List of 2012. Lecture videos and abstracts 1. Introduction: voices and silence in Tanakh and Christian New Testament 'Introduction: voices and silence in Tanakh and Christian New Testament', lecture 1 in Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch's Gifford lecture series on silence and Christianity 2. Catholic Christianity and the arrival of asceticism, 100-400 'Catholic Christianity and the arrival of asceticism, 100-400', lecture 2 in Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch's Gifford lecture series on silence and Christianity 3. Silence through schism and two Reformations: 451-1500 'Silence through schism and two reformations: 451-1500', lecture 3 in Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch's Gifford lecture series on silence and Christianity 4. Silence transformed: the third Reformation 1500-1700 'Silence transformed: the third Reformation 1500-1700', lecture 4 in Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch's Gifford lecture series on silence and Christianity 5. Getting behind noise in Christian history 'Getting behind noise in Christian history', lecture 5 in Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch's Gifford lecture series on silence and Christianity 6. Silence in modern and future Christianities 'Silence in modern and future Christianities', lecture 6 in Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch's Gifford lecture series on silence and Christianity This article was published on 2024-08-28
