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The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries by Rodney Stark Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-06-067701-5 / 0060677015 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-067701-5 / 9780060677015 This "fresh, blunt, and highly persuasive account of how the West was won—for Jesus" (Newsweek) is now available in paperback. Stark's provocative report challenges conventional wisdom and finds that Christianity's astounding dominance of the Western world arose from its offer of a better, more sec |