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How Did Christianity Begin?: A Believer and Non-believer Examine the Evidence is unavailable, but you can change that!

How Did Christianity Begin? brings you two contrasting perspectives on the history of early Christianity. Co-authors from different backgrounds—one a conservative Christian (Michael Bird), the other, secular (James Crossley)—bring contrasting views to various subjects on Christian origins. These subjects include the historical Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, the Apostle Paul, the Gospels, and...

from their foundations the laws of kingship, they became more savage than any wild beast’ (Adv. Jud. 1.6). By the time we get to Constantine the ways have well and truly parted and the anti-Semitism of Christianity had horrendous effects in the subsequent history of Jewish-Christian relations. As to why Christianity won over the Roman empire the obvious Christian answer is, ‘because God made it so’. One could point to the unparalleled spread of Christianity,
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