The rise of Christianity : how the obscure, marginal Jesus movement became the dominant religious force in the Western world in a few centuries /

Stark, Rodney.

The rise of Christianity : how the obscure, marginal Jesus movement became the dominant religious force in the Western world in a few centuries / Rodney Stark. - 1st ed. - San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997. - xiv, 246 p. ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-242) and index.

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Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christian sociology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

BR166.S75 1997