num_pages: 624
description: 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. 
language: English
title: Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
publisher: Basic Books