An introduction to the history of early Christianity, this reference provides roughly 60 primary source documents from the first five centuries of the Christian

Traces the early history of the Christian church from Jewish Palestine prior to Christ's birth to the sixth century monastic movement, and explains how Christia

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 chal

An introduction to the history of early Christianity, this reference provides roughly 60 primary source documents from the first five centuries of the Christian

An outstanding resource for high school readers and first-year college students, this book explores early Christianity from its beginnings in the first century