Dominion

Why it’s on the list: Holland’s argument that the moral assumptions the secular West treats as self-evident — the dignity of the weak, the suspicion of power, universal human worth — are downstream of Christianity, and that even the critiques of Christianity are made in its own vocabulary.

Where I saw it: A bare Amazon link saved in the note.

Re-surfaced (recommendation #2) in the reply thread to @typesfast asking “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (June 5, 2025) — a crowd-sourced list Kyle recovered by hand; the full list lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet).

Connections

• Tom Holland — author.
• Ideological Family Tree — the portfolio idea this sits closest to; the book is a genealogy of a moral vocabulary.
• Christianity · Religious Intellectualism — the subject and the field.
• What’s the best history book… (tweet) — recommendation #2: named in this crowd-sourced thread.