Tom Holland
Author
Physical Desc
x, 612 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence is the single most transformative development in Western history. [This book] explores what it was that made Christianity so revolutionary and why, in a West that has become increasingly doubtful of religion's claims, so many of its instincts remain irredeemably Christian. Today, the West remains utterly saturated by Christian assumptions. Our morals...