Charisma, converts, competitors : societal and sociological factors in the success of early Christianity /
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| Language: | English |
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London :
SCM Press,
2000
London : 2000 |
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Table of Contents:
- I Why Did People Follow Jesus?
- 1. Focussing the question
- 2. Some answers to the question
- 3. Rethinking the evidence
- 4. Charismatic leaders of new religious movements
- 5. The followers of such leaders
- 6. Summing up: the attraction of Jesus
- II. Why Did Gentiles Become Christians?
- 1. Preliminary remarks
- 2. A brief history of the recent discussion of the issue
- 3. Conversion to new religious movements in recent times
- 4. The early Christian evidence
- 5. Christianity's competitions
- 6. Social-scientific evaluation of the evidence
- III. Why Did Christianity Succeed in the Roman Empire?
- 1. The problem
- 2. A. D. Nock's proposals
- 3. Rodney Stark's proposals
- 4. Further possibilities.