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The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal, Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force ....
The Rise of Christianity How the Obscure Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force
Author: Rodney Stark
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. — &quo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060677015
ISBN-10: 0060677015
Publication Date: 6/18/1997
Pages: 272
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Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Book Type: Paperback
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This book is fascinating. It is academic, well researched and thorough, yet very accessible. I highly recommend this to anyone even casually interested in the subject. Sheds much light on the validity (or lack thereof) of the "Christian" church we experience in Western culture today.


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