Dominion
How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
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4.1 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An extraordinary account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination, from the author of Rubicon.
“A galloping tour of Christianity’s influence across the last 2,000 years.” —New York Times
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.
Customer Reviews
As strange as Christianity
A lightly written look at Christianity told episodically beginning with pre-Christian roots and ending with the personal. This personalized ending reinforces the foundational theme that Christianity is air breathed over two millennia and deeply personal despite the overlay of theology that too often suffocates.
Floating through the narrative is the growing realization of the revolutionary strangeness of Christianity. In terms of design alone, the inclusion of Images after the text closes, is an effective means to emphasize the nature of this strangely effective movement we call Christianity.