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Author Sanders, Jack T.

Title Charisma, converts, competitors : societal and sociological factors in the success of early Christianity / Jack T. Sanders.

Publication Info. London : SCM, 2000.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  270.1 S215C    Check Shelf
Description xv, 222 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Part I : Why did people follow Jesus? -- Focussing the question -- Some answers to the question -- Rethinking the evidence -- Charismatic leaders of new religious movements -- The followers of such leaders -- Summing up: the attraction of Jesus -- Part II : Why did Gentiles become Christians? -- Preliminary remarks -- A brief history of the recent discussion of the issue -- Conversion to new religious movements in recent times -- The early Christian evidence -- Christianity's competitors -- Social-scientific evaluation of the evidence -- Summary -- Part III : Why did Christianity succeed in the Roman Empire? -- The problem -- A.D. Nock's proposals -- Rodney Stark's proposals -- Further possibilities -- Summary.
Subject Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
ISBN 0334027950
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