Tom Holland is an award-winning historian of the ancient
world and the author of six previous books, including
Rubicon, recipient of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History
and shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, and Persian
Fire, winner of the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award. He
lives in London.
"[B]ig and richly satisfying new history of Christianity,
...Dominion is superior even to Holland's much-loved earlier
book Rubicon and every bit as crowded with vividly-drawn
personalities."--Open Letters Monthly
"A galloping tour of Christianity's influence across the last 2,000
years, with vivid vignettes scattered across the centuries, and a
concluding argument the Christian faith, 'the most influential
framework for making sense of human existence that has ever
existed, ' still shapes the way that even the most secular modern
people think about the world."--Ross Douthat, New York Times
"A masterpiece of scholarship and storytelling, Dominion
surpasses Holland's earlier books in its sweeping ambition and
gripping presentation.... Dominion presents a rich and
compelling history of Christendom."--The New Statesman
"A sweeping narrative.... [Holland] is an exceptionally good
storyteller with a marvelous eye for detail... excellent fun."--The
Economist
"An absorbing survey of Christianity's subversive origins and
enduring influence is filled with vivid portraits, gruesome deaths
and moral debates...Holland has all the talents of an accomplished
novelist: a gift for narrative, a lively sense of drama and a fine
ear for the rhythm of a sentence."--the Guardian (UK)
"An ambitious account of the history and enduring influence of
Christianity. Holland argues that the modern world has been shaped
by the consequences of the life and death of Jesus."--Daily Mail
("The Year's Most Essential Books")
"An engaging book."--The Times (UK)
"An engaging work...Holland exhibits a wide and deep historical
knowledge...even readers who might not agree with Holland's thesis
will enjoy his take on key periods of Western history."--Library
Journal (starred review)
"An exhaustive, demanding and hugely impressive interpretation of
our past, bursting with fresh ideas and perspectives on every
page."--The Sunday Times
"At a moment when popular debates over 'faith' and 'reason' have
become fashionable, Tom Holland brilliantly reminds us that the
most essential values claimed by all sides arise from a long and
complex cultural history of Christian moral imagination -- one we
would do well to remember."--David Bentley Hart, author of The
Experience of God
"Christianity may not be on the march, but its principles continue
to dominate in much of the world; this thoughtful, astute account
describes how and why... Holland delivers penetrating, often
jolting discussions on great controversies of Western civilization
in which war, politics, and culture have formed a background to
changes in values... An insightful argument that Christian ethics,
even when ignored, are the norm worldwide."--Kirkus Reviews
(starred)
"Historian Tom Holland's new blockbuster, Dominion makes
clear that what we're undoing, in our current moment of cultural
crisis, is Christianity."--Angelus
"Readers of Dominion will find themselves better informed,
but they will also be repeatedly disturbed and provoked and driven
to rethink just how they understand the relationship between
religion and the development of culture. I mean that as high
praise."--Christianity Today
"Terrific: bold, ambitious and passionate."--Peter
Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads: A New History of the
World
"The history of Christian influence could not be better served than
with Tom Holland's Dominion.... Holland's exploration of
Christianity's notion of inherent worth in all humans is deftly
handled, and at times it rises to something akin to
greatness....This latest work elevates him to the front of the top
ranks of our scholarly, yet popular, historians."--LA Daily
Journal
"This extraordinary book is vintage Tom Holland: history boldly and
elegantly retold, with fascinating interconnections traced to
create a narrative that cannot fail to stimulate, for it leads to a
never-ending question."--Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of The
Reformation: A History and Christianity: The First 3000 Years
"This is popular history and readable. It has passages of striking
writing and...lots of substance. It's imagery and points of modern
comparison often have the vividness that makes excellent broadcast
documentary. So there is a good read here."--The Church Times
"This lively, capacious history of Christianity emphasizes the
extent to which the religion still underpins Western liberal
values."--New Yorker
"Tom Holland is fun to read, monstrously erudite, wickedly joyful,
and ahead of the established consensus, on average, by 4 years,
three months, and 2 days."--Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of
The Black Swan
"What in other hands could have been a dry pedantic account of
Christianity's birth and evolution becomes in Holland's an
all-absorbing story.... It takes a master storyteller to translate
the development of a philosophical notion into a captivating story,
and Holland proves to be one.... Holland offers a remarkably
nuanced and balanced account of two millennia of Christian history
-- intellectual, cultural, artistic, social and political. The
book's scope is breathtaking."--The Literary Review
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