TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hill,Jonathan
TI  - Christianity: how a despised sect from a minority religion came to dominate the Roman Empire 
SN  - 9780800697778 :
AV  - BR165 .H55 2011
U1  - 270.1 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Minneapolis, Minn.
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
N1  - Originally published: The crucible of Christianity : the forging of a world faith. -- London : Lion Hudson, 2010; Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-252) and index; Jesus and the first Christians -- From one generation to the next -- Opposition and persecution -- The Church in the empire -- Christians in a hostile world -- Christian philosophy -- Heresy and orthodoxy -- The Christian empire -- A divided Church -- The first monks -- The official Church
N2  - Explores the early development of Christianity after  Jesus's death, discussing such topics as leaders and  opponents, ideas that survived, persecutions, and how the average Christian worshiped
ER  -