The Rise of Christianity:
A Sociologist Reconsiders History
Rodney Stark

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Illustrations
	Preface
Ch. 1	Conversion and Christian Growth	3
Ch. 2	The Class Basis of Early Christianity	29
Ch. 3	The Mission to the Jews: Why It Probably Succeeded	49
Ch. 4	Epidemics, Networks, and Conversion	73
Ch. 5	The Role of Women in Christian Growth	95
Ch. 6	Christianizing the Urban Empire: A Quantitative Approach	129
Ch. 7	Urban Chaos and Crisis: The Case of Antioch	147
Ch. 8	The Martyrs: Sacrifice as Rational Choice	163
Ch. 9	Opportunity and Organization	191
Ch. 10	A Brief Reflection on Virtue	209
	Notes	217
	Bibliography	223
	Index	243

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