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Laddar... Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome (utgåvan 2009)av Rodney Stark (Författare)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Amazing account of the rise of Christianity...sociological and historical. ( ) Some don't enjoy Stark's books because of his "religious agenda" or a belief that he takes a "tendentious tone; yet, I have a different take on Stark. Simply, he doesn't tow the line so to speak and he speaks directly to and about particular theories or statements made by other historians and sociologists. "Cities'" thesis is that historical inquiries should concentrate more on quantifiable historical data, the analysis of which will yield historical and sociological information. I have a couple of complaints though. My first has more to do with me than his book. Stark conclusions about the rise of Christianity are based on data mined from other sources; I have no idea whether his sources are reliable and accurate. If the data isn't reliable and accurate, then the conclusions based on that data are questionable. Secondly, unless I am misunderstanding something, some of the population numbers that Stark uses in this book appear to be different from the ones that he used in his "The Victory of Reason." If I am not misunderstanding something, then I'd like an explanation as to the different figures being used. Has some further clarity developed as to one set of figures being more accurate than the others? Even with these concerns, I still thoroughly enjoyed Cities of God. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
How did the preaching of a peasant carpenter from Galilee spark a movement that would grow to include over two billion followers? Who listened to this "good news," and who ignored it? Where did Christianity spread, and how? Based on quantitative data and the latest scholarship, scholar Stark presents new and startling information about the rise of the early church, overturning many prevailing views of how Christianity grew through time to become the largest religion in the world. By analyzing concrete data, Stark is able to challenge the conventional wisdom about early Christianity, offering the clearest picture ever of how this religion grew from its humble beginnings into the faith of more than one-third of the world's population.--From publisher description. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)270.1Religions History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity History of Christianity Apostolic; Nativity to ConstantineKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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