Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

by Holland, Tom
ISBN: 9781541675599
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A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination
Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion -- an obscure provincial by the name of Jesus -- was to be worshipped as a god. Dominion explores the implications of this shocking conviction as they have reverberated throughout history. Today, the West remains utterly saturated by Christian assumptions. As Tom Holland demonstrates, our morals and ethics are not universal but are instead the fruits of a very distinctive civilization. Concepts such as secularism, liberalism, science, and homosexuality are deeply rooted in a Christian seedbed. From Babylon to the Beatles, Saint Michael to #MeToo, Dominion tells the story of how Christianity transformed the modern world.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Holland, Tom
  • ISBN: 9781541675599
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 8.30 x 1.90
  • Number Of Pages: 640
  • Publication Year: 2021

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  • Dominion

    Seth B. - 5 years ago

    This is a great book on Christianity. I really enjoyed it. Would recommend

  • entitled: Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind in the UK

    Sandy G. - 5 years 11 months ago

    Tom is an historian who writes like Jeffrey Archer--in other words with a zest and vitality that does not correlate with any of my old boring history teachers. The interesting thing is that, after translating classical Greek texts and looking at the world's great civilizations as an admirer, he arrives at the 'Christian Revolution' not as an unequivocal proponent of Christianity but as one who can pierce the events of history to see what's behind these events. How else to shelter in peace?