Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2023-03-22
Tyler Cowen & Tom Holland: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler
Tom Holland on History, Christianity, and the Value of the Countryside
Historian Tom Holland joined Tyler to discuss in what ways his Christianity is influenced by Lord Byron, how the Book of Revelation precipitated a revolutionary tradition, which book of the Bible is m
Tyler Cowen recommended Dominion by Tom Holland, and discussed The Book of revelation by Rupert Thomson, Genesis by Bernard Beckett, and Exodus by Leon Uris. Tom Holland discussed Galatians by John Paul Heil, Cain by Lord Byron, The book of Exodus, Quran by Talal Itani, and Understanding the Old Testament by Bernhard W. Anderson and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Book of revelation
The Book of revelation by Rupert Thomson is a profound scriptural and literary work exploring apocalyptic visions and spiritual themes.
Discussed“if the Book of Revelation were more important in Christian thought would we as a society all be less liberal”
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Galatians
Discussed“it would probably be um it would probably be Paul's letter to the Galatians”
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Genesis
Genesis is the opening book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, detailing foundational narratives of creation, early human history, the patriarchs, and the symbolic introduction of moral and spiritual concepts to humanity.
Discussed“it's this great movement I think that you know like the spirit blowing in the wind as it were animates not just the Civil Rights Movement but all kinds of other movements as well so in due course movements that may seem very um opposed to doctrinal Christianity feminism gay rights and so on um so I think that it's”
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Exodus
Exodus by Leon Uris is a historical novel detailing the founding of the State of Israel and the events leading up to it.
Discussed“it's this great movement I think that you know like the spirit blowing in the wind as it were animates not just the Civil Rights Movement but all kinds of other movements as well so in due course movements that may seem very um opposed to doctrinal Christianity feminism gay rights and so on um so I think that it's”
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The book of Exodus
The Book of Exodus is a foundational biblical text detailing the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt, alongside core religious laws and historical narratives.
Discussed“that's another reason why I found Byron's poetry when I was you know in my teens so powerful and so effective and it's part of what led me away from kind of Christian belief really a kind of feeling that um all the cool kids were hanging out with Kane and especially all the cool Elder Sons in the book”
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Quran
Quran by Talal Itani is an accessible English translation of Islam's holy text that outlines the core theological teachings and foundational messages of the religion.
Discussed“and the idea that um that you get in the Quran very obviously that that this is literally the word of God it's not being mediated by humans with the Ten Commandments”
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Understanding the Old Testament
Understanding the Old Testament by Bernhard W.
Discussed“um in a way it's the kind of it's the molten heart of what Christians call the Old Testament it's it's it's literally the word of God”
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Dominion
Dominion by Tom Holland is a sweeping historical work examining how Christianity shaped Western culture, secular values, and modern moral frameworks.
Recommended“I will again remind our audience members of Tom's current book Dominion have the Christian Revolution remade the world”
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Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he has numerous books including Millennium Persian fire Dynasty books on Islam”
“he has numerous books including Millennium Persian fire Dynasty books on Islam”
“he has numerous books including Millennium Persian fire Dynasty books on Islam”
“his latest is Dominion how the Christian Revolution remade the world which I am a big fan of”
“I found when I was when I came to writing about Christianity and Dominion is a study of of the entire sweep of Christianity”
“and I I wrote about this in in person Farm I book about the um the Persian Wars and I was writing against the backdrop of the uh NATO attempt to stabilize Afghanistan”
“and I remember when I was writing my first book Rubicon which is about the collapse of the Roman Republic the great kind of the Warlords of the late Republic”
“so the first Rubicon was about the fall of the Roman Republic mentioned that the second dynasty was Dynasty”
“so the first Rubicon was about the fall of the Roman Republic mentioned that the second dynasty was Dynasty I guess I should say was about the family of Augustus ending with the death of Nero”
“and this new book Pax is about the Heyday of the Roman Empire so it runs from the death of Nero up to the time of Hadrian”