Rise of Christianity, The: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries - Softcover

Stark, Rodney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060677015 ISBN 13: 9780060677015

Verlag: HarperOne, 1997

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Book by Stark Rodney

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"Stark finds that Christians prospered the old-fashioned way: by providing a better, happier and more secure way of life . . . In the end, Stark concludes, Christians 'revitalized' the Roman Empire." -- Kenneth Woodward, "Newsweek""Stark uses contemporary social-scientific data about why people join new religious movements and how religions recruit members to investigate the formative history of Christianity . . . ["The Rise of Christianity" will] generate spirited argument." -- "Publishers Weekly""Compelling reading . . . highly recommended." -- "Library Journal""This book raises, simply and brilliantly, just the kinds of questions anyone concerned with early Christianity should ask." -- "The Christian Century""Anyone who has puzzled over Christianity's rise to dominance in the Roman Empire . . . must read [this book]. Here is theoretical brashness combined with disarming common sense, a capacious curiosity, and a most uncommon ability to tell a complicated story in simple prose." -- Wayne Meeks, Yale University"A provocative, insightful, challenging account of the rise of Christianity." -- Andrew M. Greeley, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago

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A study of the early history of Christianity reveals that it attracted members of the upper class, that many of the early converts were women and marginalized Jews, and that it helped converts achieve happier lives. Reprint.

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• Verlag: HarperOne
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0060677015
• ISBN 13: 9780060677015
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276