‘Verdens Vigtigste Bog’ (English: The World’s Most Important Book) is a widely praised and critically acclaimed non-fiction guide to The Bible and Christianity and the overwhelming effect it has had on modern Western society. A bestselling book written for religious and non-religious people alike it deals with the origins of the ideas that make up the world’s biggest religion. It tells the fascinating story of how the cult of a dead man ended up taking over the minds of the biggest empire in antiquity and then most of the planet.
But Kristian Leth also explains how the ideas underpinning this takeover were both scandalous and radical, singularly ingenious and weirdly illogical at the times. Without reducing the history of Western ideas to either revelation or manipulation, ‘Verdens Vigtigste Bog’ traces the roots of our modern mindset from their humble and culturally mixed beginnings and all the way up to the very modern, very secular mindset of today.
This is not a book about religious people, but about all of us.
Reviews:
“One of the most important books written about Christianity in a long time”
*****
Jyllands-Posten
“Gifted, even massively knowledgeable is Kristian Leth’s book about the Bible. … Leth consciously remains on the sidelines, neither for nor against. Neither defender nor accuser. But open.”
****
Kristeligt Dagblad
“Kristian Leth is eminent at conveying complex knowledge in an engaging and comprehensible way.” *****
Politiken
“With his new work on the world’s most important book, Kristian Leth fills a gaping hole in the popular discourse on Christianity. … Both an epic and an easy-to-read review of the entire Bible. Leth manages to do the impossible. … [The book] situates the Bible in it’s contemporary context, in the present, in philosophy and in theology, but in a way where virtually everyone can follow along. You fly through the text, which educationally and clearly but still deeply and seriously explains the entire thing to everyone.”
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Kristian Leth 