Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind

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fascinating detail and the narrative is held together with a novelist's eye for character and theme -- Tim Stanley * History Today * A brilliant meditation on how Christianity in its Latin and Protestant forms entirely changed the way humans conceive life and their relationship to each other -- Helen Thompson * New Statesman * An absorbing survey of Christianity's subversive origins and enduring influence is filled with vivid portraits, gruesome deaths and moral debates . He has written and presented a number of TV documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4, on subjects ranging from religion to dinosaurs. Holland highlights the pivotal role of Martin Luther King, a southern pastor a magnificent orator and organiser who sought the peaceful route to challenge discriminatory actions and legislation. The organisers of the Women’s March sought to invoke the authority of those at the bottom of the pile. this argument — that everything Nice in our contemporary world derives from Christian values, and everything Nasty in the actual history of Christendom was just a regrettable diversion from the true Christian path — seems to me to run dangerously close to apologetic".

In 2007, he was the winner of the Classical Association prize, awarded to 'the individual who has done most to promote the study of the language, literature and civilisation of Ancient Greece and Rome'. They were branded as rootless vagrants who delighted in being alien, and thus made a boast out of what should have been a source of shame. lyrical, vivid * Evening Standard * It's not often that you come across a book that completely transforms your understanding of the world * Spectator * A rich and compelling history of Christendom .If you really have to be nailed to a cross, the best thing to do is lose a lot of blood beforehand, so by scourging Jesus the Romans unwittingly helped him on his way.

Stoics were encouraged to perform public duties and Epicureans instructed people how to be happy, but acts of self-sacrifice to help suffering were not recognised by morality or especially admired.Would he overcome his fairly superficial childhood objections to religion based on dinosaurs and join his godmother? Indeed, his characterisation of St Paul does seem to be questionable in some areas and it is surprising that we hear more of Paul rather than of Christ himself even if Paul was a key transmitter of the Christian message.

Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Rather than unpack complex theological debates, the book gives us a series of vivid portraits of some key figures in Christian history: St Paul, St Augustine, Peter Abelard, Catherine of Siena, a former playboy known as Francis of Assisi and a host of more modern luminaries.

His bestselling books include Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic , which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; Persian Fire , which won the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award; Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom ; In the Shadow of the Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World ; Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar ; and Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind . We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. That is why Dominion will place the story of how we came to be what we are, and how we think the way that we do, in the broadest historical context.