The Triumph of Christianity

Rodney Stark

• Editorial: HarperOne
• Año: 2011
• ISBN:
  9780062098702
• Categoría: Sociología

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.

Índice

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• PART I - Christmas Eve
• Chapter One - The Religious Context
• Chapter Two - Many Judaisms
• PART II - Christianizing the Empire
• Chapter Three - Jesus and the Jesus Movement
• Chapter Four - Missions to the Jews and the Gentiles
• Chapter Five - Christianity and Privilege
• Chapter Six - Misery and Mercy
• Chapter Seven - Appeals to Women
• Chapter Eight - Persecution and Commitment
• Chapter Nine - Assessing Christian Growth
• PART III - Consolidating Christian Europe
• Chapter Ten - Constantine’s Very Mixed Blessings
• Chapter Eleven - The Demise of Paganism
• Chapter Twelve - Islam and the Destruction of Eastern and North African Christianity
• Chapter Thirteen - Europe Responds
• PART IV - Medieval Currents
• Chapter Fourteen - The “Dark Ages” and Other Mythical Eras
• Chapter Fifteen - The People’s Religion
• Chapter Sixteen - Faith and the Scientific “Revolution”
• PART V - Christianity Divided
• Chapter Seventeen - Two “Churches” and the Challenge of Heresy
• Chapter Eighteen - Luther’s Reformation
• Chapter Nineteen - The Shocking Truth About the Spanish Inquisition
• PART VI - New Worlds and Christian Growth
• Chapter Twenty - Pluralism and American Piety
• Chapter Twenty-One - Secularization
• Chapter Twenty-Two - Globalization
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Notes
• Index
• About the Author
• Also by Rodney Stark
• Credits
• Copyright
• About the Publisher