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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 astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion-an obscure provincial by the name…
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He shall have dominion also from sea to sea…
My husband, Adrian, has long defended Christianity, even during times when I was deeply opposed to it. Raised within the LDS tradition, he eventually reached a breaking point—a moment of clarity in which he recognized that the structure he had grown up in no longer aligned with his values. He felt overwhelmed by its pressures, contradictions, and judgments, and ultimately chose to walk away. Yet, throughout our life together, he consistently returned to the foundational messages of Christianity, revisiting them with me even when I refused to listen. I, who grew…
Nietzsche said “God is dead, but in thousands of years there still may be caves where his shadow will be shown.” Tom Holland traces the effect of the long shadow on our lives.
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