01776cam a22002894a 4500 62085503 AUA.1 20220818141739.0 050930s2006 cauab b 001 0 eng 2005044740 0060858427 (cloth) 9780060858421 (cloth) (OCoLC)62085503 DLC DLC YDX BAKER OMP OCO BUR VP@ BTCTA YDXCP EXN pcc BR162.3 .S73 2006 270.1 22 Stark, Rodney. 6221 Cities of God : the real story of how Christianity became an urban movement and conquered Rome / Rodney Stark. 1st ed. [San Francisco?] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2006. vii, 280 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-272) and index. 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. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. lcc BOOK BR 162.3 .S73 2006 23587 23587 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2022-08-18 Donation, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Global Missions) 10.00 AUA26140 BR 162.3 .S73 2006 AUA26140 2022-08-18 00:00:00 10.00 2022-08-18 BOOK