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Author: Lawrence Murray
Publisher: Sts. Jude imPress
Published: 1998-06
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780972214926
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Christianity extracts the incidents of the Apostles in the New Testament and those reported by the Church Fathers and early tradition. Data is used to generate a year by year cross correlation of their activities and missions.
Author: Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2018-02-22
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1786073021
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How did Christianity become the dominant religion in the West? In the early first century, a small group of peasants from the backwaters of the Roman Empire proclaimed that an executed enemy of the state was God’s messiah. Less than four hundred years later it had become the official religion of Rome with some thirty million followers. It could so easily have been a forgotten sect of Judaism. Through meticulous research, Bart Ehrman, an expert on Christian history, texts and traditions, explores the way we think about one of the most important cultural transformations the world has ever seen, one that has shaped the art, music, literature, philosophy, ethics and economics of modern Western civilisation.
Author: Linda Woodhead
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780191780943
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a short, accessible analysis of Christianity that focuses on its social and cultural diversity as well as its historical dimensions.
Author: William Vernon Harris
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9004147179
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of essays by contemporary historians considers how after two centuries of scholarship we can best explain Christianity's rise to dominance.
Author: Jerry Pattengale
Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
Published: 2020-01-20
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781647730000
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The name of Jesus and his teachings captured people's hearts and minds throughout much of the world long before Christianity was legal. Long before armies and governments protected or supported it, and then long after Emperor Constantine's reign as many leaders misused it for their own gains or religious views. Christianity also survived brutal persecutions during many centuries, including the present. Its growth seems inexplicable. While there are innumerable possible explanations for this, in the final analysis there are relatively few viable answers. One leading contender is that there really is something to the mystical power of the Holy Spirit, and the life-changing message of Jesus recorded in the New Testament. Another is, at the least billions of people have held passionate beliefs in Jesus's miraculous powers over life and death, and his eternal promises. The Pew Research Center's recent work supports the claim that "Christianity is the only religion in the world with a major presence on every continent." Inexplicable traces this remarkable spread of Jesus's followers, including many of the heroic actions from those believing in his deity, and those horrific actions of those misusing his teachings. The Gospel's journey is ongoing, and its story remains an engaging one. From Coptic monasteries and the Roman Colosseum to a small church in Franklin, Tennessee or mega churches in Laos or Seoul, it's a rich narrative. Whether standing in the Sistine Chapel, looking at a Nestorian stone in China, or a Christian school in Kigali, this narrative continues and here we provide its historic context.
Author: J. Samuel Hofman
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2014-10-02
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 1490848711
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Jerusalem to You shows and tells how the Gospel spread from Jerusalem to you. With the help of thirty-six maps, you will be able to trace the exciting story of the spread of Christianity and find your place in that story. When Jesus predicted the spread of his kingdom, he told the parable of the mustard seed and plant. Beginning as a tiny seed, it rapidly grows to be a large bush that covers the ground. It even welcomes wild birds to come and make their nests in it. Nearly two thousand years later, we can now look back and trace the growth of Christianity from that tiny seed in Jerusalem to becoming the global tree of today with all its many branches. We need to take our place as a leaf in that tree and then trace our heritage through its branches, trunk, and, finally, to its original seed. Only then will our life gain purpose, and only then will history have meaning. Taking this trip through history, you will meet many courageous and dedicated followers of Jesus who dedicated their lives so that you also can be a part of God's global kingdom. You will also hear the voice of Jesus saying, "Go to the peoples of all the world and share the good news with everyone, and I will always be with you."
Author: Rodney Stark
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1997-05-09
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0060677015
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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).
