The Rise of Christianity
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The Rise of Christianity

History, Documents, and Key Questions

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Rise of Christianity

History, Documents, and Key Questions

About this book

An outstanding resource for high school readers and first-year college students, this book explores early Christianity from its beginnings in the first century through the fourth century when Christianity went from a persecuted faith to the only legalized faith in the Roman Empire. How did Christianity become one of the most widespread religions as well as one of the most influential forces in world history that has shaped politics, wars, literature, art, and music on every continent? This book contains more than 40 entries on various topics in early Christianity, 15 primary documents, and 6 argumentative essays written by scholars in the field. The breadth of materials enables readers to learn about early Christianity from a number of different viewpoints and to come to their own conclusions about how historical events unfolded in early Christianity. This single-volume work focuses on the first four centuries of early Christianity, including topics on Jerusalem, Herod the Great, Paul, Tertullian, Mani, The Arians, Constantine the Great, and many others. Readers will be well equipped to answer three critical questions that scholars of early Christianity deal with when they study this period: Why was Christianity popular? Why were Christians persecuted? How did Christianity spread?

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Information

Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781610698078
eBook ISBN
9781610698085

Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. Halftitle page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication page
  7. Contents
  8. Alphabetical List of Entries
  9. Topical List of Entries
  10. How to Use This Book
  11. Preface
  12. Timeline
  13. Historical Overview
  14. The Rise of Christianity: A–Z
  15. Primary Source Documents
  16. Key Questions
  17. Select Annotated Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. About the Author and Contributors