Gibbon on Christianity: Being the 15th and 16th Chapters of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." With Introduction by The Rt. Hon. J. M. Robertson (GT987)

Published 1930: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated frontispiece

Original brown embossed cloth with black titles on the cover and spine. 135 + very clean and bright pages. Boards slightly rubbed and faded with time consistent with age. a compact pocket-size. (GT987)

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Edward Gibbon viewed Christianity with deep scepticism, attributing its rise to a decline in the Roman Empire's civic and military virtues, which he believed were replaced by an "otherworldly preoccupation" and monastic superstition. While he respected religion's role in history, his detailed analysis in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire highlighted Christianity's negative impact, arguing it shifted focus from the earthly state to a heavenly afterlife, contributing to Rome's fall. [Google Books]