Who were the first Christians? : dismantling the urban thesis

Who were the first Christians? : dismantling the urban thesis / Thomas A. Robinson.

"It has been widely assumed that there were 6 million Christians (or 10% of the population of the Roman Empire) by around the year 300. The largely-unexamined consensus view is also that Christianity was an urban movement until the conversion of Emperor Constantine. On close examination, it app...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robinson, Thomas A. (Thomas Arthur), 1951- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York City : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
30-600
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christians.
Cities and towns > Religious aspects > Christianity.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christians
Church history > Primitive and early church
Cities and towns > Religious aspects > Christianity
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: must historians count?
  • The "urban" thesis
  • Counting Romans and Christians
  • Counting the Jewish population
  • Urban and rural relationships
  • Supposed barriers to Christian success in the countryside
  • The pre-Constantinian evidence
  • Dismissing the evidence of Christianity in the countryside
  • The country bishop.

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