The Darkening Age

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The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion deliberately attacked and suppressed the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to one true faith. Despite the long held notion that the early Christians were meek and mild, going to their martyr s deaths singing hymns of love and praise, the truth, as Catherine Nixey reveals, is very different Far from being meek and mild, they were violent, ruthless and fundamentally intolerant Unlike the polytheistic world, in which the addition of one new religion made no fundamental difference to the old ones, this new ideology stated not only that it was the way, the truth and the light but that, by extension, every single other way was wrong and had to be destroyed From the 1st century to the 6th, those who didn t fall into step with its beliefs were pursued in every possible way social, legal, financial and physical Their altars were upturned and their temples demolished, their statues hacked to pieces and their priests killed It was an annihilation Authoritative, vividly written and utterly compelling, this is a remarkable debut from a brilliant young historian. Download The Darkening Age author Catherine Nixey – kino-fada.fr Hypocrisy in ActionIn my email today I received an invitation from a group called Developing a Christian Mind DCM to one of their programmes in Oxford entitled Seeking Wisdom I am assured that essential issues relating to theHumanities, Medical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Philosophy and Theology, and Social Scienceswill be addressed over a two day weekend by well known academics I will be informed, specifically,How postgraduates, postdocs, and academics at the University of Oxford can Hypocrisy in ActionIn my email today I received an invitation from a group called Developing a Christian Mind DCM to one of their programmes in Oxford entitled Seeking Wisdom I am assured that essential issues relating to theHumanities, Medical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Philosophy and Theology, and Social Scienceswill be addressed over a two day weekend by well known academics I will be informed, specifically,How postgraduates, postdocs, and academics at the Univers...Nixey s pop history purports to present some kind of new perspective on the transition from the pagan Roman world to the dominance of Christianity, but all we get is dusty old Edward Gibbon rehashed for the post Dawkins Hitchens age In the hands of skilled historian this could have been an interesting book one which explains a fascinating period and an interesting subject A balanced and objective scholar could have made it clear that this transition was sometimes violent and that the Christia Nixey s pop history purports to present some kind of new perspective on the transition from the pagan Roman world to the dominance of Christianity, but all we get is dusty old Edward Gibbon rehashed for the post Dawkins Hitchens age In the hands of skilled historian this could have been an interesting book one which explains a fascinating period and an interesting subject A balanced and objective scholar could...6 stars Heartbreaking, vivid, and wonderfully researchedIf you re wondering if this book is for you, check out Josephine s excellent roundup of critiques in her review.I love to read negative reviews of books I m interested in Sometimes they convince me I must read a book,than any positive review probably will However, after reading several theological negative reviews that didn t say Christians weren t really this bad they were still written by theological historians or students of theology and history, I turned to finding one written by an atheist I warn you, it s a long review, but Tim O Neill has posted one on his blog History for Atheists I love to read negative reviews of bo...It is said that ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS Hence the post Roman era is typically called as the Dark ages, since it was the period when Christianity held absolute power, which resulted in widespread destruction and corruption of everything that it touched However, what was it like when Christianity was struggling to acquire power What effect did it have during that time These are the questions that Catherine Nixey s new book titled The Darkening Age attempt to answer And it sheds light on It is said that ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS Hence the post Roman era is typically called as the Dark ages, since it was the period when Christianity held absolute power, which resulted in widespread destruction and corruption of everything that it touched However, what was...It is so good to read a scholarly book that presents the monotheistic destruction of the classical world accurately as religious and cultural genocide though she s not quite so blunt This is an excellent book challenging...First off, I enjoyed The Darkening Age It s very well written and carries you along all the way through And it redresses as it were a historical injustice, or at the very least a negligent oversight and that is the coercive and persecuting side of Christianity in the first centuries after it became the religion of the Roman empire.But this is polemical history rather than objective history Catherine Nixey picks up on an old theme of the greatness and glory of classical antiquity and how i First off, I enjoyed The Darkening Age It s very well written and carries you along all the way through And it redresses as it were a historical injustice, or at the very least a negligent oversight and that is the coercive and persecuting side of Christianity in the first centuries after it became the religion of the Roman empire.But this is polemical history rather than objective history Catherine Nixey picks up on an old theme of the greatness and glory of classical antiquity and how it is eclipsed by the deadening i...The beginning of the 4th century CE was a crucial and highly significant time for what was to become known as Christendom the new Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in 312 CE, having set up his new Rome in Byzantium to the increasing annoyance and chagrin of the Bishop of Rome , and declared that henceforth Christianity would be the sole religion of the Roman Empire albeit in a form probably Arianism that would soon be declared heretical.Constantine set up the first maj The beginning of the 4th century CE was a crucial and highly significant time for what was to become known as Christendom the new Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in 312 CE, having set up his new Rome in Byzantium to the increasing annoyance and chagrin of the Bishop of Rome , and declared that henceforth Christianity would be the sole religion of the Roman Empire albeit in a form probably Arianism that would soon be declared heretical.Constantine set up the first major church council the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE The fact that this Council was convened by the Emperor is...Opening with an account of Palmyra s devastation by bearded zealots, but not the ones you think, aaaah, this polemical history makes its position clear from the off the supposed Triumph of Christianity at the close of the classical age was in many ways identical to the rise of Da esh, except worse becausewidespread and not so soon reversed Fortunately, I entirely agree with that assessment If this book was going to have a problem for me, it would be that just as I didn t read Fire an Opening with an account of Palmyra s devastation by bearded zealots, but not the ones you think, aaaah, this polemical history makes its position clear from the off the supposed Triumph of Christianity at the close of the classical age was in many ways identical to the rise of Da esh, except worse becausewidespread and not so soon reversed Fortunately, I entirely agree with that assessment If this book was going to have a problem for me, it would be that just as I did...A dreadful Horrible History for childish adults except HHs are better written, not selling a political agenda and well researched One star isthan this piece of crap deserves.

The Darkening Age
  • 17 February 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 352 pages
  • Catherine Nixey
  • The Darkening Age