The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World’s Largest Religion [Hardcover ed.] 0062007688, 9780062007681

The First Coming: How the Kingdom of God Became Christianity

Sheehan, professor of philosophy at Loyola, argues that Jesus dispensed with literal gods and formal religions, preachin

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How the Gospels Became History: Jesus and Mediterranean Myths 9780300249484

A compelling comparison of the gospels and Greco-Roman mythology which shows that the gospels were not perceived as myth

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The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity 9780674242760

Eugene McCarraher challenges the conventional view of capitalism as a force for disenchantment. From Puritan and evangel

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The Church Ascending: How Saints and Sinners Brought About the Triumph of Christianity in the West 9781622822027, 9781622822034, 2014002629

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The Other Catholics: Remaking America's Largest Religion 9780231541701

In The Other Catholics, Julie Byrne shares the remarkable history and current activity of independent Catholics, who num

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How the Personal Became Political 9780367472528

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How the Bible Became Holy 9780300206852

In this sweeping narrative, Michael Satlow tells the fascinating story of how an ancient collection of obscure Israelite

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The Globe: How the Earth Became Round 1789147581, 9781789147582

From Babylon to Columbus and beyond, a journey across millennia and—yes—the globe exploring how we came to understand ou

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The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal 9780226816531

An engrossing origin story for the personal computer—showing how the Apple II’s software helped a machine transcend from

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The Bedrock of Christianity: The Unalterable Facts of Jesus' Death and Resurrection 168359360X, 9781683593607

Can we all agree on some things about Jesus, regardless of our belief-or unbelief? Perhaps surprisingly, there is a lot

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