Catherine Nixey is the author of The Darkening Age, which documents how early Christians burned texts, defaced or demolished statues, and became increasingly intolerant of any thought or behaviour that deviated from their interpretation of Scripture. Catherine and I discuss religious pluralism in the Roman Empire and how it changed after the Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity - and why Christianity, despite its similarity to many other cults that arose at that time. It is a rare book that is well-researched, engrossing, on an interesting topic, and superbly written, but The Darkening Age is all of these.
Listen to our conversation here:
A video recording is also available:
Yay Atherinecay Ixney!
ReplyDeleteIncuriosity killed the Catullus?
To all those who have asked me why l bothered mastering Latin, including its Pig and Kitchen varieties, l say: Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo!!!