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| Author | : Rodney Stark |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 1997-05-09 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0060677015 |
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).
| Author | : Phyllis Tickle |
| Publisher | : Baker Books |
| Total Pages | : 283 |
| Release | : 2012-09-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1441239650 |
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.
| Author | : Eric Francis Osborn |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 1993-04 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 052143078X |
There are special times of movement in the history of ideas, and one such time - as the author of this study shows - was the second half of the second century, when Christian thought showed fresh vigour. By concentrating on five seminal Christian thinkers of the second century (Justin, Athenegoras, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, and Tertullian), Eric Osborn illustrates how it was that Christianity made monotheism axiomatic to its central doctrinal claims while adapting, too, to the peculiar circumstances in which it developed. The stimulus for new thought came from the objections of the state, philosophers, Jews, Gnostics, and Marcion, who in different ways denied the Christian claim to faith in one God. In response, Christian thinkers argued for one God who was the first principle of being, goodness, and truth. In its presentation of the lively beginning which brought Christianity and classical thought together, this book casts light on the growth of the European intellectual tradition.
| Author | : Paul Johnson |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 816 |
| Release | : 2012-03-27 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1451688512 |
First published in 1976, Paul Johnson’s exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude—“a tour de force, one of the most ambitious surveys of the history of Christianity ever attempted and perhaps the most radical” (New York Review of Books). In a highly readable companion to books on faith and history, the scholar and author Johnson has illuminated the Christian world and its fascinating history in a way that no other has. Johnson takes off in the year AD 49 with his namesake the apostle Paul. Thus beginning an ambitious quest to paint the centuries since the founding of a little-known ‘Jesus Sect’, A History of Christianity explores to a great degree the evolution of the Western world. With an unbiased and overall optimistic tone, Johnson traces the fantastic scope of the consequent sects of Christianity and the people who followed them. Information drawn from extensive and varied sources from around the world makes this history as credible as it is reliable. Invaluable understanding of the framework of modern Christianity—and its trials and tribulations throughout history—has never before been contained in such a captivating work.
| Author | : Diarmaid MacCulloch |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 1065 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0141021896 |
From a prize-winning author, this book charts the course of Christianity from ancient history onwards.
| Author | : W. H. C. Frend |
| Publisher | : Fortress Press |
| Total Pages | : 1048 |
| Release | : 1984-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781451419528 |
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
| Author | : Kevin Madigan |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 512 |
| Release | : 2015-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0300158726 |
A new narrative history of medieval Christianity, spanning from A.D. 500 to 1500, focuses on the role of women in Christianity; the relationships among Christians, Jews and Muslims; the experience of ordinary parishioners; the adventure of asceticism, devotion and worship; and instruction through drama, architecture and art.
| Author | : Charles Freeman |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2009-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 030012581X |
"Tracing the astonishing transformation that the early Christian church underwent - from sporadic niches of Christian communities surviving in the wake of a horrific crucifixion to sanctioned alliance with the state - Charles Freeman shows how freedom of thought was curtailed by the development of the concept of faith. The imposition of 'correct belief' and an institutional framework that enforced orthodoxy were both consolidating and stifling. Uncovering the church's relationships with Judaism, Gnosticism, Greek philosophy and Greco-Roman society, Freeman offers dramatic new accounts of Paul, the resurrection, and the church fathers and emperors."--BOOK JACKET.
| Author | : Jonathan Hill |
| Publisher | : Lion Hudson |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Church history |
| ISBN | : 9780310262701 |
Filled with full-color photos and illustrations, this volume covers the complete history of the Christian faith. Contributors cover the full sweep of Christian history from the time of Jesus, through the church fathers and European history, and spreading throughout the globe on up to today.
| Author | : Margaret M. Mitchell |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 796 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780521812399 |
