Five Cities That Ruled the World

I just finished reading about the second city, Athens, in Doug Wilson’s Five Cities That Ruled the World. I love the concept. And love Doug Wilson. But while the book so far has presented a pretty good history of each city (Jerusalem and Athens), I didn’t learn why each city ruled the world. This aspect of each city’s role was relegated to the last page or two of the chapter. Hardly enough given the title and proposed scope of the book. Again, the book will give you a better sense of the history of each city, especially from a Christian worldview. But it fails to live up to its title, and to what I have come to expect from Wilson. I am going to take a break and come back later to finish the book with fresh eyes and fresh expectations.