"Fascinating, brave and sometimes infuriating" (Time), this dark history is more than a chronicle of religion. It is the central tragedy of Western civilization, its fault lines reaching deep into our culture. Drawing on his well-known talents as a storyteller and memoirist, Carroll has created "a deeply felt work, a book that measures the 'sweep of history' against     [his] experience as a man of the church" (San Francisco Chronicle).
 
This book maps the 2000 year history of the Church’s battle against Judaism. It is more than a chronicle of religion, it is a history of the central tragedy of Western civilization and its fault lines which reach deep within our culture.
The book contains a 6 page chronology, 70 pages of notes, a 24 page Bibliography and a 37 page index.