The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World Contributor(s): Ehrman, Bart D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1501136712 ISBN-13: 9781501136719 Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - History | Ancient - Rome - Religion | Christian Church - Growth |
Dewey: 270.1 |
LCCN: 2018459719 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" L (0.55 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: The "marvelous" (Reza Aslan, bestselling author of Zealot), New York Times bestselling story of how Christianity became the dominant religion in the West. How did a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four centuries? In The Triumph of Christianity, early Christian historian Bart D. Ehrman weaves the rigorously-researched answer to this question "into a vivid, nuanced, and enormously readable narrative" (Elaine Pagels, National Book Award-winning author of The Gnostic Gospels), showing how a handful of charismatic characters used a brilliant social strategy and an irresistible message to win over hearts and minds one at a time. This "humane, thoughtful and intelligent" book (The New York Times Book Review) upends the way we think about the single most important cultural transformation our world has ever seen--one that revolutionized art, music, literature, philosophy, ethics, economics, and law. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ehrman, Bart D.: - Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity, and the author or editor of more than thirty books, including the New York Times bestsellers Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, and The Triumph of Christianity. A Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he has created eight popular audio and video courses for The Great Courses. He has been featured in Time, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post, and has appeared on NBC, CNN, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the History Channel, the National Geographic Channel, BBC, and NPR. His most recent book is Heaven and Hell. |
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