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The Christian revolution around that time in Europe also put civilisation back there. See “The Darkening Age” by Catherine Nixey
by Synaesthesia 6y ago
The Christian revolution around that time in Europe also put civilisation back there. See “The Darkening Age” by Catherine Nixey
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoA glance at Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkening_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkening_Age) indicates that the book was not well received - not by Christians, but by academics.
- freehunter 6y agoI have no skin in the game either way but it seems like any book that tries to tackle controversial materials would have some people who don't like it. Interestingly the Wikipedia page only lists negative feedback in the Reception section, despite the book having generally good reviews and accolades from multiple different experts. The fact that the book won awards from NYT, Royal Society of Literature, BBC, and many other publications and is well-reviewed, yet Wikipedia only lists negative feedback in the Reception section indicates to me that there must be bias in the Wikipedia article. I don't see any other answer for why more than half of the article is just listing criticism that doesn't seem to be reflected across the broader industry. Again I haven't read the book and don't really care about the subject matter either way, but the Wikipedia does not seem to hide its bias.
- Ascetik 6y agoChristian 'revolution'? What nonsense. The missionaries were never interested in revolution (not in the modern sense at least), but converting people to Catholicism. St. Bede's History of the Church in England is a good example. Or the life of St. Boniface. The term "Dark Ages" was coined by anti-Christians to undermine the conversion of Europe to the Catholic faith.