The Triumph of Christianity : How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World (CD-Audio)

from nbmars

Jesus died around 30 CE., at which time he had only a handful of followers, all of whom considered themselves to be Jews. But by the late third century, Christianity had attracted enough followers that the Roman Emperor, Diocletian, felt it threatened the stability of the state and vigorously per...

from John_Warner

How did a backwater Jewish sect comprising one charismatic leader and twelve disciples grow to become the predominant religion in the Roman Empire through the conversion of 30 million people in four centuries? According to Early Christianity historian Bart Ehrmanit was due to Paul's missionary tr...

from nmele

Ehrman examines the historical record using primary and secondary sources to explain what factors led to the growth of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire. Turn out Constantine didn't have that much to do with it after all. Along the way, Ehrman offers a fair bit of information about the way...

from cdogzilla

Interesting history. Ehrman's style is ... not terrible, but artless. He's methodical and I appreciate the notes and sourcing. I'm more skeptical than Ehrman that there was an actual Jesus, but the point is irrelevant to the thesis, just one of a few quibbles I had with some of his assumptions.

from unlikely

Books narrative stops centuries before the crusades