To understand the life and death of Jesus, we must understand his Jewish roots, the Hellenistic world , and Roman Rule. This article traces how the message of a crucified enemy of Rome became the core of Rome’s official religion – the Christian Church.
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Resources from the Shepway and District u3a Science, Philosophy and Spirituality Seminar on the Hellenistic World on 17th April 2024..
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The Hellenistic world, birthed from Alexander’s colossal conquests, was a melting pot of cultures, a landscape marked by the spread of Greek language and thought, and the rise of new cities along the sprawling trade routes.
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Wasn’t the twentieth century the most violent in history? In his extraordinary, epic book Steven Pinker shows us that this is wrong, telling the story of humanity in a completely new and unfamiliar way. From why cities make us safer to how books bring about peace, Pinker weaves together history, philosophy and science to examine why we are less likely to die at another’s hand than ever before, how it happened and what it tells us about our very natures. – amazon.co.uk
Read MoreThe authors show how accepted theories about the development of civilization first emerged in the eighteenth century as a reaction to indigenous critiques of European society. Drawing on path-breaking research in archaeology and anthropology, they suggest that these theories are wrong.
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