The Rise of Christianity : A Sociologist Reconsiders History /

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The idea that Christianity started as a clandestine movement among the poor is a widely accepted notion. Yet it is one of many myths that must be discarded if we are to understand just how a tiny messianic movement on the edge of the Roman Empire became the dominant faith of Western civilization. In...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stark, Rodney (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Christian sociology > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
RELIGION / History.
Alexandria.
Athens.
Brown, Peter.
Carcopino, Jerome.
Conversion.
Diaspora.
Dio Cassius.
Epidemics.
Eusebius.
Frend, W.H.C.
Galen.
God-Fearers.
Harnack, Adolf.
Hock, Ronald.
Ignatius of Antioch.
Isis.
Jesus.
Judaism.
Julian.
Livy.
London.
Martyrs.
Meeks, Wayne.
Networks, social.
Origen.
Pagans.
Paul.
Pluralism.
Rational choice theory.
Revitalization movements.
Salamis.
Smallpox.
Tertullian.
Trajan.
Valentina.
White, L. Michael.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER 1 Conversion and Christian Growth
  • CHAPTER 2 The Class Basis of Early Christianity
  • CHAPTER 3 The Mission to the Jews: Why It Probably Succeeded
  • CHAPTER 4 Epidemics, Networks, and Conversion
  • CHAPTER 5 The Role of Women in Christian Growth
  • CHAPTER 6 Christianizing the Urban Empire: A Quantitative Approach
  • CHAPTER 7 Urban Chaos and Crisis: The Case of Antioch
  • CHAPTER 8 The Martyrs: Sacrifice as Rational Choice
  • CHAPTER 9 Opportunity and Organization
  • CHAPTER 10 A Brief Reflection on Virtue
  • Notes
  • Bibliograph
  • Index

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