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Marcus K. Paul

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Synopsis

 

Born in 1846 in Ireland at the start of the “Great Hunger,” James Kinnier Wilson emigrated to Philadelphia to start a new life at seventeen years old.

After his life took a dramatic turn, he found himself attending Princeton and then a college in Scotland, where he met Agnes Hately, the talented daughter of a famous figure in the Scottish “Disruption”-the emergence of the Free Church of Scotland.

Agnes and James, now newlyweds, crossed the dangerous Atlantic and settled in rural New Jersey. While there, Agnes wrote intimate letters home about her children, the people around her, the church, and the dangers of endemic disease.

Published

3rd December 2019

 

Publisher

Ambassador International

Format

Paperback 260 pages

 

ISBN

9781620209592

Previous Book

Synopsis

 

At a time when barbarous acts of terrorism are being commited globally and society ponders whether the perpetrators are legitimate religious adherents, Marcus Paul makes an unflinching and counter-cultural examination of some of the worst periods in the Church's history. Were the crusades entirely inexcusable religious wars? Was the Inquisition the bloody and sadistic "Black Legend" of popular imagination? How can we understand the goodness of God after two brutalising world wars? In a refreshingly frank treatment of the Church's past failings, this book fills a gap in our understanding of what it is to be Christian in the twenty-first century.

 

Published

1st March 2016

 

Publisher

Sacristy Press, Durham

 

Format

Paperback 266 pages

 

ISBN

978-1-908381-95-8

Works

Bio

Marcus Paul has two degrees in English and history and has enjoyed a life-long career working with students and sixth formers in universities and schools in three continents. He now spends his time writing and speaking about issues of faith and contemporary society, as well as painting and reading. He also enjoys rock climbing and travel - having had (as a young man) the now nearly impossible experience of hitch-hiking ‘on a shoestring’  ten thousand miles around Africa and the Near East.

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Reviews of the evi the men do

Reviews of my latest publication

“In this meticulously researched account, Marcus Paul takes us into the heart and soul of Agnes Kinnier Wilson and the extraordinary adventure of her mid 19th century Christian life.  A life which takes her, newly married, from her native Edinburgh to rural New Jersey and then far west to Kansas. The vicissitudes and fragility of church building, homemaking, and family life, lived out against the continuing threat of infectious illness, are all laid bare; and the author’s lucid prose makes it a most pleasurable and thought-provoking read..” 

Ireland to the Wild West

—  Dr John Feehally – Emeritus Professor of Renal Medicine, University of Leicester, UK

News and Events

Current News & Events

January 2020

The launch of my book on nineteenth century emigration: Ireland to the Wild West. This traces the lives of two adventurers who went "to the land of the free" to experience both joy and tragedy in the very year Wyatt Earp was taming Dodge City. They witnessed the impact of the Last Indian Raid in Kansas in 1878 and the birth of a frontier town... 

Speaking Engagements

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24th February 2020

16th November 2021

29th November 2021

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2nd February 2022


8th March 2022

Watch this space, more to follow...

Reviews of The Evil That Men Do

"In an age where it is fashionable to 'bash' the church at every opportunity it is rare to read such a clear defence of its history and ideas. Marcus Paul provides a compelling and fresh look at the impact of the Christion Church down the ages and educates us as to how best to navigate our way through the current fog of cultural hostility."

- The Revd Richard Cunningham

   (from the Foreword)

   Director of UCCF

   (Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship)

The Evil That Men Do

Links to Marcus' published reviews

"I much enjoyed Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. It is a brilliant, thought-provoking odyssey through human history with its huge confident brush strokes painting enormous scenarios across time. It is massively engaging and continuously interesting. The book covers a mind-boggling 13.5 billion years of pre-history and history."

- To read the full full review

Sapiens, A brief history of humankind

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