Five Events That Made Christianity - Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost Pritchard JohnPaperback / softback

'Jesus was a pest to the Romans and a threat to the religious leadership, so they threw him on to the rubbish dump. The whole world exploded.' With characteristic style, John Pritchard takes us on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, as he unpacks the five great events that made Christianity - Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost. Little did they realize that it was like trying to put out a fire with petrol.

What did it mean? We explore: What happened? What does it mean for us?

Absorbing, immediate and full of stories, this volume offers deeply considered theology, brilliantly communicated to connect with life as we actually experience it. 'Vividly elucidates the familiar but often not-quite-understood beliefs at the centre of the Christian faith.' Dominic Barrington, Dean of Chicago Praise for John Pritchard: Rowan Williams on God Lost and Found: 'Unusually honest . . .