Dominion how the Christian revolution remade the world
"Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence is the single most transformative development in Western history. [This book] explores what it was that made Christianity so revolutionary and why, in a West that has become increasingly doubtful of rel...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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| Summary: | "Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence is the single most transformative development in Western history. [This book] explores what it was that made Christianity so revolutionary and why, in a West that has become increasingly doubtful of religion's claims, so many of its instincts remain irredeemably Christian. Today, the West remains utterly saturated by Christian assumptions. Our morals and ethics are not universal. Instead, they are 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 world" -- inside front jacket flap. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in 2019 by Little, Brown in the United Kingdom"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | x, 612 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 575-591) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465093502 0465093507 |
| Author Notes: | Tom Holland is an award-winning historian of the ancient world, a translator of Greek and Roman classical texts, and a documentary writer. He is the author of six other books, including Rubicon , Persian Fire , and Pax . His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times , and he co-presents the podcast The Rest is History . He lives in London. |
