{"product_id":"holland-dominion","title":"Dominion","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eChristianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence stands as the single most transformative development in Western history.\u003c\/b\u003e Even the increasing number of people in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, dismissing religion entirely, remain recognizably its heirs. While the division between a skeptic and a believer may seem unbridgeable up close, widening the historical focus reveals Christianity's enduring impact upon the emergence of concepts traditionally cast as its adversaries: in science, in secularism, and even in atheism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eThis work places the story of modern societal values and contemporary modes of thought into the broadest historical context. Ranging in time from the Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC to ongoing European migration challenges, and from Nebuchadnezzar to the cultural impact of the Beatles, the narrative explores what made Christian teachings so revolutionary and disruptive when they first appeared. It details how completely these concepts came to saturate the mindset of Latin Christendom, and explains why so many modern instincts remain fundamentally tied to this heritage. By tracing the arc of this transformation over millennia, the book examines how definitions of what it means to be human have evolved, making the concepts we take for granted today appear uniquely distinct in consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40151402283093,"sku":"9780349141206N","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/8d1cdf21-d568-45c1-b564-c9b3ea11ba12.jpg?v=1657015497","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/holland-dominion","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}