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    The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World's Largest Religion

    By Rodney Stark

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    Celebrated religious and social historian Rodney Starktraces the extraordinary rise of Christianity through its most pivotal andcontroversial moments to offer fresh perspective on the history of the world’slargest religion. In The Triumph of Christianity, the author of God’sBattalions and The Rise of Christianity gathers and refines decadesof powerful research and discovery into one concentrated, concise, and highlyreadable volume that explores Christianity’s most crucial episodes. The uniqueformat of Triumph of Christianity allows Stark to avoid densechronologies and difficult back stories, bringing readers right to the heart ofChristian history’s most vital controversies and enduring lessons.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 25, 2011
    ISBN9780062098702
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    Rodney Stark

    Rodney Stark is one of the leading authorities on the sociology of religion. Stark has authored more than 150 scholarly articles and 32 books in 17 different languages, including several widely used sociology textbooks and best-selling titles. William Sims Bainbridge earned his doctorate in sociology from Harvard University in 1975. Altogether he has published about 300 articles and written or edited 40 books in a variety of scientific fields.

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    • 5/5
      Rodney Stark is an excellent read, as he offers an alternative viewpoint to the history that is so often taught in our educational system. He begins each section with a summary of what is commonly believed/taught in most schools. Examples include the backwardness of the dark ages, the extreme cruelty of the Spanish Inquisition, the claim that most early Christians were uneducated peasants and the claim that as the world becomes more educated, religion will disappear. He follows these summaries with claims of his own to the contrary, supported by lots of evidence and research.

      I recommend this book to everyone, Christian or not, to give yourself an alternative view of what is taught in school. I also recommend his book "How the West Won", which is also very good and obviously more focused on history, comparable to "Guns Germs and Steel" in offering explanations of why some nations are wealthier than others.
    • 5/5
      muy buen libro gracias interesante como enfoca la historia de la iglesia
    • 4/5
      This excellent book provides an overview of history from a much more balanced and Christian-friendly perspective. Does tend in places to view events from a naturalistic viewpoint.