The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries - Brossura

Stark, Rodney

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ISBN 10: 0060677015 ISBN 13: 9780060677015

Casa editrice: Harperone, 1997

Riassunto

A study of the early history of Christianity reveals that it attracted members of the upper class, that many of the early converts were women and marginalized Jews, and that it helped converts achieve happier lives. Reprint.

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Recensione:

... fresh, blunt, and highly persuasive account of how the West was won for Jesus --Newsweek

Compelling reading --Library Journal

... sure to generate spirited argument --Publishers Weekly

Compelling reading...highly recommended. --Library Journal

This book raises, simply and brilliantly, just the kinds of questions anyone concerned with early Christianity should ask. --The Christian Century

L'autore:

Rodney Stark grew up in Jamestown, North Dakota, and began his career as a newspaper reporter. Following a tour of duty in the U.S. Army, he received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where he held appointments as a research sociologist at the Survey Research Center and at the Center for the Study of Law and Society. He left Berkeley to become Professor of Sociology and of Comparative Religion at the University of Washington. In 2004 he joined the faculty of Baylor University. He has published 30 books and more than 140 scholarly articles on subjects as diverse as prejudice, crime, suicide, and city life in ancient Rome. However, the greater part of his work has been on religion. He is past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. He also has won a number of national and international awards for distinguished scholarship. Many of his books and articles have been translated and published in foreign languages, including Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Slovene, and Turkish.

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• Editore: Harperone
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0060677015
• ISBN 13: 9780060677015
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 272