The rise of Christianity  -  Rodney Stark

a sociologist reconsiders history

KORTE INHOUD

A landmark reinterpretation of why Christianity became the dominant faith of the West

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 a fast-paced, highly readable book that addresses beliefs as well as historical facts, Rodney Stark brings a sociologist's per...
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1996 Uitgever: Princeton University Press 246 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0691027498 ISBN-13: 9780691027494