Post by NFA on Dec 6, 2020 21:36:28 GMT 8
How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
Why every serious American reader should get Tom Holland's book "Dominion."
Fri Dec 4, 2020 Danusha Goska
Why every serious American reader should get Tom Holland's book "Dominion."
Fri Dec 4, 2020 Danusha Goska
If you don't have time to read my review of Tom Holland's Dominion, here it is in three words: Read this book. A few more words: Buy this book, give this book to friends, and encourage them to read it. "Dominion" is not only rich, seductive, eye-opening, conversation-sparking, and occasionally surprisingly witty, it is urgently necessary. Read this book – before it's too late.
Why do I endorse "Dominion" so zealously? Let me tell you a few stories.
I was a schoolgirl in New Jersey. I sat next to "Aisha." She moved like a butterfly and, quiet and shy, she talked to no one in class except me. She was a constant doodler, and the margins of her notebook blossomed under her pen with imaginary arabesques every bit as lovely as she.
One spring day, as we strolled side by side, this gentle young lady said to me, "When the time for jihad comes, if you don't convert to Islam, I will have to kill you."
Why do I endorse "Dominion" so zealously? Let me tell you a few stories.
I was a schoolgirl in New Jersey. I sat next to "Aisha." She moved like a butterfly and, quiet and shy, she talked to no one in class except me. She was a constant doodler, and the margins of her notebook blossomed under her pen with imaginary arabesques every bit as lovely as she.
One spring day, as we strolled side by side, this gentle young lady said to me, "When the time for jihad comes, if you don't convert to Islam, I will have to kill you."
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Something happened that made the West different. What was that something? Christianity, or, perhaps more accurately, the Judeo-Christian tradition, is Tom Holland's unambiguous and richly supported reply.
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I wouldn't be the same person without the example of the creator of the universe undergoing horrific torture for my account, and saying, from his cross, "Father, forgive them." Holland can't predict the future and neither can I, but his book is a priceless introduction to a past too precious for us to let go.