Review of Andrew Holt, Religion and World Civilizations: How Faith Shaped Societies from Antiquity to the Present By Carole Cusack

https://www.academia.edu/144149891/Review_of_Andrew_Holt_Religion_and_World_Civilizations_How_Faith_Shaped_Societies_from_Antiquity_to_the_Present?email_work_card=title his very large three-volume work opens with a strong statement of current relevance; the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the framing context of Orthodox Christianity is discussed in detail in Andrew Holt’s “General Introduction,” as is Islamic terrorism and its impact on Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Holt warns the volume will “not shy away from the gritty or disturbing instances in which religious influences appear to have been for the worse ... represent[ing] an effort by sober-minded scholars to address forthrightly the broader impact of religion on human societies, for better or worse” (p. xxix). ...