Tony Sunderland: 2 books
The Obelisk and the Cross
An Alternative History of God, Myth and Meaning in the Western World
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Why does an ancient Egyptian obelisk celebrating the god of the sun stand in the centre of St Peter’s Square in Vatican City, the home of the Pope and the heartland of Catholicism? Taking this mysterious fact as his starting point, Tony Sunderland examines the history of religious belief in an attempt...
A Crisis of Faith
The Battle of Beliefs Between the Christian Church and Gnosticism
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Religious history in the Western world has been dominated by the power and doctrinal discipline of the Catholic Church. But, argues Tony Sunderland in his new book, we are not solely products of this tradition, nor of that of its Protestant challengers. Lost in the footnotes of history is the story of...