"Originally published in 2019 by Little, Brown in the United Kingdom"--Title page verso Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Antiquity -- Athens 479 BC: The Hellespont -- Jerusalem 63 BC: Jerusalem -- Mission AD 19: Galatia -- Belief AD 177: Lyon -- Charity AD 362: Pessinus -- Heaven 492: Mount Gargano -- Exodus 632: Cartage -- Christendom -- Conversion 754: Frisia -- Revolution 1076: Cambrai -- Persecution 1229: Marburg -- Flesh 1300: Milan -- Apocalypse 1420: Tabor -- Reformation 1520: Wittenberg -- Cosmos 1620: Leiden -- Spirit 1649: St George's Hill -- Enlightenment 1762: Toulouse -- Religion 1825: Baroda -- Science 1876: The Judith River -- Shadow 1916: The Somme -- Love 1967: Abbey Road -- Woke 2015: Rostock.
Summary:
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.-- Amazon.
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