Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

by Tom Holland

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541675592
• ISBN13: 9781541675599
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"