Holland, Tom

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World -- Tom Holland, Paperback

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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.

Author: Tom Holland
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 03/23/2021
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.45w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781541675599

About the Author
Tom Holland is an award-winning historian of the ancient world and the author of six previous books, including Rubicon, recipient of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, and Persian Fire, winner of the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award. He lives in London.

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