01674cam a22002654a 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000150007302000230008802000260011103500200013704000640015704200080022105000230022908200140025210000190026624501170028525000120040226000520041430000400046650400660050652007760057265000600134862085503AUA.120220818141739.0050930s2006    cauab    b    001 0 eng    a2005044740  a0060858427 (cloth)  a9780060858421 (cloth)  a(OCoLC)62085503  aDLCcDLCdYDXdBAKERdOMPdOCOdBURdVP@dBTCTAdYDXCPdEXN  apcc00aBR162.3b.S73 200600a270.12221 aStark, Rodney.10aCities of God :bthe real story of how Christianity became an urban movement and conquered Rome /cRodney Stark.  a1st ed.  a[San Francisco?] :bHarperSanFrancisco,cc2006.  avii, 280 p. :bill., maps ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-272) and index.  aHow 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. 0aChurch historyyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.