In Jesus Wars, historian Philip Jenkins tells the controversial and at times breathtakingly violent story of the early Church’s battles over ‘right belief’.

Over 2,000 years, Christians have repeatedly struggled to resolve the tension between two seemingly rival claims: Jesus was fully human and yet fully divine. Never was the debate more fiercely debated than during the Church Councils of the fifth century, when for a few years it seemed likely that the Church might formally abandon its belief in the humanity of Jesus and describe him solely as a fully divine being.

‘Jenkins…has done a remarkable job of documenting this little-understood slice of history. There’s lots of excitement and plenty of intrigue, and Jenkins does a fine job in his recitation of this strange story.’

Publishers Weekly