The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World

by Bart D. Ehrman

Book Overview

The "marvelous" (Reza Aslan, bestselling author of Zealot ), New York Times bestselling story of how Christianity became the dominant religion in the West. How did a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four centuries? In The Triumph of Christianity , early Christian historian Bart D. Ehrman weaves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501136704
• ISBN13: 9781501136702
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

From cult to main

Prof. Ehrman writes in details in his scholarly work in tracing how a Jewish cult developed into a world major region. Rabbi Jesus dedicated his life for humanity against brutal colonialism and injustice for his homeland. How a man born of a woman become God, whom he never proclaimed in the Gospels. It finally conquered Holy Roman Empire and try to spread the good news. Now, the modern Christ followers joined in the Five Eyes and ignite war fires around the world in the name of God, human right and freedom. Jesus weep! Knowing the truth will set you free!