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The Rise of Christianity
Author | : Rodney Stark |
Publsiher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1997-05-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780060677015 |
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This "fresh, blunt, and highly persuasive account of how the West was won—for Jesus" (Newsweek) is now available in paperback. Stark's provocative report challenges conventional wisdom and finds that Christianity's astounding dominance of the Western world arose from its offer of a better, more secure way of life. "Compelling reading" (Library Journal) that is sure to "generate spirited argument" (Publishers Weekly), this account of Christianity's remarkable growth within the Roman Empire is the subject of much fanfare. "Anyone who has puzzled over Christianity's rise to dominance...must read it." says Yale University's Wayne A. Meeks, for The Rise of Christianity makes a compelling case for startling conclusions. Combining his expertise in social science with historical evidence, and his insight into contemporary religion's appeal, Stark finds that early Christianity attracted the privileged rather than the poor, that most early converts were women or marginalized Jews—and ultimately "that Christianity was a success because it proved those who joined it with a more appealing, more assuring, happier, and perhaps longer life" (Andrew M. Greeley, University of Chicago).
The Rise of Christianity
Author | : W. H. C. Frend |
Publsiher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 1048 |
Release | : 1984-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 145141952X |
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Traces the early history of the Christian church from Jewish Palestine prior to Christ's birth to the sixth century monastic movement, and explains how Christianity survived under a variety of cultures
Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity
Author | : Paul Barnett |
Publsiher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 2002-04-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830826998 |
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Paul Barnett not only places the New Testament within the world of caesars and Herods, proconsuls and Pharisees, Sadducee and revolutionaries, but argues that the mainspring and driving force of early Christian history is the historical Jesus.
Religious Rivalries in the Early Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity
Author | : Leif E. Vaage |
Publsiher | : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2006-04-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780889205369 |
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Religious Rivalries in the Early Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity discusses the diverse cultural destinies of early Christianity, early Judaism, and other ancient religious groups as a question of social rivalry. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section debates the degree to which the category of rivalry adequately names the issue(s) that must be addressed when comparing and contrasting the social “success” of different religious groups in antiquity. The second is a critical assessment of the common modern category of “mission” to describe the inner dynamic of such a process; it discusses the early Christian apostle Paul, the early Jewish historian Josephus, and ancient Mithraism. The third section of the book is devoted to “the rise of Christianity,” primarily in response to the similarly titled work of the American sociologist of religion Rodney Stark. While it is not clear that any of these groups imagined its own success necessarily entailing the elimination of others, it does seem that early Christianity had certain habits, both of speech and practice, which made it particularly apt to succeed (in) the Roman Empire.
The Rise of Christianity
Author | : Ernest William Barnes |
Publsiher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2024-02-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9783368655808 |
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1948.
The Rise of Christianity Through the Eyes of Gibbon Harnack and Rodney Stark
Author | : Jan N. Bremmer |
Publsiher | : Barkhuis |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9789077922705 |
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The rise of Christianity up to the victory of Constantine has often been studied and remains a puzzling phenomenon. In this valedictory lecture Jan N. Bremmer concentrates on the explanations adduced, focusing in particular on the works of three iconic figures from the last two hundred and fifty years: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire of Edward Gibbon, the most famous ancient historian of all time, at the end of the eighteenth century; Die Mission und Ausbreitung des Christentums of Adolf von Harnack, the greatest historian of early Christianity of all time, around 1900, and The Rise of Christianity of Rodney Stark, the most adventurous sociologist of religion of our times, at the end of the twentieth century.Bremmer locates their concerns and explanations within their own times, but also takes them seriously as scholars, discussing their analyses and approaches. In this way he shows both the continuities and the innovations in the evolving view which scholarship presents of early Christianity. Bremmer's exceptional knowledge of the huge range of scholarship and his humane and balanced judgment make this lecture the ideal introduction to the many problems raised by Christianity's displacement of paganism
Emergence Christianity
Author | : Phyllis Tickle |
Publsiher | : Baker Books |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2012-09-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781441239655 |
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Whatever else one might say about Emergence Christianity, says Phyllis Tickle, one must agree it is shifting and re-configuring itself in such a prodigious way as to defy any final assessments or absolute pronouncements. Yet the insightful and well-read Tickle offers us a dispatch from the field to keep us informed of where Emergence Christianity now stands, where it may be going, and how it is aligning itself with other parts of God's church. Through her careful study and culture-watching, Tickle invites readers to join this investigation and conversation as open-minded explorers rather than fearful opponents. As readers join Tickle down the winding stream of Emergence Christianity, they will discover fascinating insights into concerns, organizational patterns, theology, and most pressing questions. Anyone involved in an emergence church or a traditional one will find here a thorough and well-written account of where things are--and where they are going.
The Rise of Christianity
Author | : Don Nardo |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1560068086 |
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Now one of the world's predominant religions, Christianity survived difficult beginnings during a turbulent time in history. The authors of the essays in this volume discuss the birth, growth, and spread of Christianity as well as the problems faced by the early christians.