Dominion

Ever wonder why Western society values human rights, equality, and helping the poor? The answer might surprise you. This book summary reveals the hidden, often-unacknowledged Christian roots of our most deeply held modern values, from science and secularism to humanism itself. You'll discover how a small, radical sect from a corner of the Roman Empire completely overturned ancient hierarchies and embedded a revolutionary new code into the Western psyche. Uncover the direct line from Christian teachings to the very ideas we now take for granted, and see your world in a completely new light.

Tom Holland is an award-winning historian of antiquity and the early Middle Ages, whose work has been translated into thirty languages and adapted for the BBC. His lifelong fascination with the classical world revealed to him the profound, and often unacknowledged, influence of Christianity in shaping modern Western thought. This deep historical understanding, stretching from Athens to Silicon Valley, provides the unique foundation for his groundbreaking analysis in Dominion, tracing the Christian revolution from its ancient roots to its enduring global impact.