Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition, remain recognisably its heirs. Seen close-up, the division between a sceptic and a believer may seem unbridgeable. Widen the focus, though, and Christianity's enduring impact upon the West can be seen in the emergence of much that has traditionally been cast as its nemesis: in science, in secularism, and yes, even in atheism. 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. Ranging in time from the Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC to the on-going migration crisis in Europe today,...
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Allt du velat veta om kristendomen uppkomst. Tom Holland tar oss med på en ambitiös resa från antiken fram till idag och förklarar hur våra värderingar och vår kultur har formats av kristendom, även hos ateister och agnostiker. Ibland långrandig men skriven med engagemang och en stor portion humor.
