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.
