Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

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 …

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