Triumph of Christianity How the Jesus Movement Became the World's Largest Religion

Name: Triumph of Christianity How the Jesus Movement Became the World's Largest Religion
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ISBN: 9780062007698

ISBN-10: 0062007696

ISBN-13: 9780062007698

Edition: 2012

Authors: Rodney Stark

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Celebrated religious and social historian Rodney Stark traces the extraordinary rise of Christianity through its most pivotal and controversial moments to offer fresh perspective on the history of the world’s largest religion. In The Triumph of Christianity, the author of God’s Battalions and The Rise of Christianity gathers and refines decades of powerful research and discovery into one concentrated, concise, and highly readable volume that explores Christianity’s most crucial episodes. The unique format of Triumph of Christianity allows Stark to avoid dense chronologies and difficult back stories, bringing readers right to the heart of Christian history’s most vital controversies and…

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List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 1.34" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction



Christmas Eve



The Religious Context



Many Judaisms



Christianizing the Empire



Jesus and the Jesus Movement



Missions to the Jews and the Gentiles



Christianity and Privilege



Misery and Mercy



Appeals to Women



Persecution and Commitment



Assessing Christian Growth



Consolidating Christian Europe



Constantine's Very Mixed Blessings



The Demise of Paganism



Islam and the Destruction of Eastern and North African Christianity



Europe Responds: The Case for the Crusades



Medieval Currents



The "Dark Ages" and Other Mythical Eras



The People's Religion



Faith and the Scientific "Revolution"



Christianity Divided



Two "Churches" and the Challenge of Heresy



Luther's Reformation



The Shocking Truth About the Spanish Inquisition



New Worlds and Christian Growth



Pluralism and American Piety



Secularization: Facts and Fantasies



Globalization


Conclusion


Bibliography


Notes


Index