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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stark, Rodney.

The rise of Christianity : a sociologist reconsiders

history / Rodney Stark.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-691-02749-8 (CL : alk. paper)

1. Church history—Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

2. Sociology, Christian—History—Early church, ca. 30-600.

I. Title

BR166.S75 1996

306.6’701—dc20 95-44197

ISBN-13: 978-0-691-02749-4 (cl.)

ISBN-10: 0-691-02749-8 (cl.)

eISBN: 978-0-691-21429-0

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