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The Triumph of Christianity

How the Jesus Movement Became the World's Largest Religion

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The Triumph of Christianity

By: Rodney Stark
Narrated by: Bob Souer
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Celebrated religious and social historian Rodney Stark traces the extraordinary rise of Christianity through its most pivotal and controversial moments to offer fresh perspective on the history of the world's largest religion. In The Triumph of Christianity, the author of God's Battalions and The Rise of Christianity gathers and refines decades of powerful research and discovery into one concentrated, concise, and highly accessible volume that explores Christianity's most crucial episodes. The unique format of The Triumph of Christianity allows Stark to avoid dense chronologies and difficult back stories, bringing listeners right to the heart of Christian history's most vital controversies and enduring lessons.

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Well-researched Analysis • Compelling Evidence-based Input • Pleasant Voice • Clear Data-driven Prose • Useful Summary
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Highly recommend. Engaging, well written, and well read. A must read for anyone interested in world history, religion, or the development of modern science.

Mind Blown

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Fascinating history with reliable citations. Frightening to think how many "truths" we take as common knowledge are based on one popular author's ignorant statement or flawed research whose corrections are not advertised.

very educational

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Clears up so many misconceptions about Christianity in clear, data-driven prose. Rodney Stark is an eminent sociologist and helps address many inconsistencies throughout history supplied by those antagonistic to one form of Christianity or another. Check it out!

Fascinating

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The book makes clear claims and provides clear evidence. Though the author clearly favors Christianity, he is fair and does not shy away from sharing and contextualizing the good and bad portions of history.ich nonsense is dismissed, and many interesting facts are shared. Highly recommend.

Useful Summary of the Christian West.

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The book is an encyclopedia of topics related to the rise and presentation of Christianity throughout the ages. The book is a must read for any serious seeker of the history and development of Christianity as well as its influence in today’s world. Stark presents both sides of every topic with a compelling evidence based input. I am now a Rodney Stark fan.

Balanced and unapologetic, excellent read

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Very interesting material. However, I would have gotten more out of this book had the reader been easier to follow. While he has a very pleasant voice and great diction, his tone was so flat that I would repeatedly have to rewind in order to figure out the meaning in his string of flat words. Straining to follow his words became too great a challenge. Too often I found myself tuning the reader out.

The book seems good though. I will consider buying it in paperback so I can reference some of the key points.

The author presents an historical account of Christianity that counters common assumptions. The content is presented through the lenses of social science and history. It is not an apologetic. This is a welcome aspect of the book.

(Audible version) Reader was surprisingly hard to follow

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I’ve listened to more than a hundred books on Christian history and/or theology in the last couple years. This was my favorite, in part because the author is an intellectually honest historian with both an insightful grasp of the work of other scholars and his own fresh perspectives and research. I often find myself hesitant to recommend a book because it either devolves into indulgent pet theories or retreads ground already well covered by other authors. This book falls into neither trap. It’s lucid, thorough, original without being fanciful, impeccably crafted, and superbly narrated by the always excellent Bob Sauer. Thirteen years after release, it remains a fresh and formative look at Christianity for devotee and critic alike.

Well researched, compelling, and illuminating

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The book examines numerous deeply rooted misconceptions about the history of Christian Church. Its conclusions are based on solid archival research to be taken seriously.

Valuable summary

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The work is a well researched analysis of how and why the Jesus Movement triumphed. Very detailed. I've learned quite a bit. The only downside I've uncovered is that there should be a PDF that will show the listener the graphs and charts that is mentioned in the text.

Excellent Analysis of Christianity's Growth

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Really appreciate his correction of historical misrepresentations. Content was extremely interesting, but reader could have been more expressive and engaging.

Re-learned so much!

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