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The Early Stages of Christianity 2016-10-18 21:55:53 Post No. 8633632
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Today I searched online for essays about the initial spread of christianity in the Roman Empire, up to the point it became the dominant religion. I was disappointed with the lack of detail in what I found. Do you know of a book on this matter which covers the decline of more traditional Roman religions and the rise of Christianity?
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>>8633632
Nietszche
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>>8633632
Harvey, Susan Ashbrook, and David G. Hunter, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Clark, Gillian. 2004. Christianity and Roman society. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Fox, Robin Lane. 1986. Pagans and Christians. San Francisco: Harper & Row.
Hopkins, Keith. 2001. A world full of gods: The strange triumph of Christianity. New York: Plume.
Rousseau, Philip. 2002. The early Christian centuries. London: Longman.
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>>8633721
And of course, Gibbonn who wrote both a great history of the matter in Decline, and an absolutely devastating defense of his position in
A Vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (London: J. Dodsley, 1779).
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>>8633801
There is no such thing as objective history. I would always trust oxford and cambridge press until there is a scandal of sorts. The pope book is quite good, and Decline and Fall chapter 15 is sort of a mandatory classic reading on the subject
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>>8633801
read them all and decide for yourself
they're academic texts bro
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>>8633819
*quite good for pop history
But if this is for school you can just show off the breadth of your citations, and if not, i actually a few times.
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>>8633832
FUCK
*I actually laughed a few times
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>>8633819
I regretted writing that question the moment I submitted the response.
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>>8633832
It's not for school. Just a spark of curiosity.
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>>8633868
From Jesus to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity by Bart Ehrman
Course is good.
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