Bart D. Ehrman

The Triumph of Christianity (eBook, ePUB)

How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786073020
• Artikelnr.: 50924347

Autorenporträt

Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and How Jesus Became God. He has contributed to such major publications and media outlets as Time, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, NBC, CNN and the BBC.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Time Line
 
Introduction
Chapter 1  The Beginning of the End: The Conversion of Constantine
Chapter 2  Back to the Beginning: The Conversion and Mission of Paul
Chapter 3  The Religious World of Conversion: Roman Paganism
Chapter 4  Reasons for the Christian Success
Chapter 5  Miraculous Incentives for Conversion
Chapter 6  The Growth of the Church
Chapter 7  Christians Under Assault: Persecution, Martyrdom, and
Self-Defense
Chapter 8  The First Christian Emperor
Chapter 9  Conversion and Coercion: The Beginnings of a Christian Empire
Afterword  Gains and Losses
 
Appendix
Notes
Index