TY - BOOK AU - Stark,Rodney TI - The rise of Christianity: how the obscure, marginal Jesus movement became the dominant religious force in the Western world in a few centuries SN - 0060677015 (pbk.) AV - BR 166 .S75 1997 U1 - 306.6/701 21 PY - 1997/// CY - [San Francisco, Calif.] PB - HarperSanFrancisco KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Christian sociology KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - Originally published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1996; Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-242) and index ER -