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Title: Get the book
Review: It pains me to disagree with most of the reviewers because I am a big fan of Diarmaid MacCulloch's books, "Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years" and "The Reformation." The DVD collection is little more than MacCulloch traveling to sites and chatting about what he sees. The videos seem rather low-budget and poorly edited. They are filled with meaningless contemporary scenes depicting people merely sitting or standing on the street with voiceover that has nothing to do with what is being shown. It seems like half of the episodes are taken up with this "filler" material. In the end, these videos are excellent narcotics. Staying awake until the end of any of them is a challenge. On the other hand, I strongly recommend MacCulloch's books. They will keep you up all night.
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