Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Sanders, Jack T.

Publication

London : SCM, 2000.

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Details

Description

xv, 222 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

Jack T. Sanders investigates the reasons for the remarkable early successes of Christianity using techniques and methods drawn from the social sciences. The author does not attempt to provide a history of early Christianity.

Subject

• 30-600
• Geschichte 30-600
• Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

0334027950

OCLC

• 43581481
• SCSB-12573195

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library