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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Catherine NixeyPublisher: Pan Macmillan Imprint: Picador Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.30cm Weight: 0.634kg ISBN: 9781529040357ISBN 10: 1529040353 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 07 March 2024 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsHow on earth could an ancient Greek word meaning 'choice' come to be used exclusively negatively to mean heresy? Catherine Nixey, expert in the darkening age of Late Antique religiosity, has all the answers, brilliantly resurrecting a teeming plurality of non-canonical, non-orthodox, and above all allegedly non-Christian ideas and practices with cool intellectual clarity and vivid literary skill. -- Paul Cartledge, author of <i>The Spartans</i> and <i>Thermopylae</i> Heresy is a brilliant book - sometimes frightening, occasionally funny, frequently unsettling and always a thrill to read. It probes painfully into the pathology of belief. * The Times * Enthralling . . . Heresy illuminates a forgotten world - and it's an absolute pleasure to read. * The Sunday Telegraph * How on earth could an ancient Greek word meaning 'choice' come to be used exclusively negatively to mean heresy? Catherine Nixey, expert in the darkening age of Late Antique religiosity, has all the answers, brilliantly resurrecting a teeming plurality of non-canonical, non-orthodox, and above all allegedly non-Christian ideas and practices with cool intellectual clarity and vivid literary skill. -- Paul Cartledge, author of <i>The Spartans</i> and <i>Thermopylae</i> Author InformationCatherine Nixey studied Classics at Cambridge and now works as a journalist at The Economist. Her writing has previously appeared in The Times, and The Financial Times, among others. She lives in England with her husband. Her first book, The Darkening Age, was published in 2017 and was an international bestseller, and won a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |