Dominion
How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
Basic Books · Print & ebook · March 23, 2021
An extraordinary account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination “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.
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- Who it’s for
- A wide-angle account of how Christian ideas reshaped Western Europe.
- Themes
- Christianity's influence, Western history, morality and ethics
- Pacing
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An extraordinary account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination “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.
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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.
Cultural Shift
A wide-angle account of how Christian ideas reshaped Western Europe.
Come here for
- Christianity’s long cultural shadow
- History with philosophical sweep
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- Cultural context over battlefield drama
- Ideas, institutions, and their consequences
Where it sits
| Christian History | 65% |
|---|---|
| Civilizations | 21% |
| Church History | 18% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Italian History
- 21st-Century America
- World History
- Christian History
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- Ancient Religion
- Authors
- Tom Holland
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Published
- March 23, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Christianity's influence · Western history · morality and ethics
- Reading lane
- Italian History