Review: THE MINERVAE by Will Fulton
Historically, much has been made of Christianity's rise from oppressed minority to political dominance"ascetics being fed to lions in service of pagan bloodlust and what-not. Less has been said, however, about the flip side of that story: in around 312 AD the Roman emperor Constantine converted to Christianity after a vision promised him military victory if he fought under Christian banners. This point of inflection …