Religion

The Christians in the early years faced severe criticism for their beliefs. Most of the Christian narratives act as a polemic against the Jews, labeling them as murderers of God. […]

Early Christianity faced vehement opposition and persecution. The book of Acts and Paul’s letters offer evidence in which Christians were violently punished for their seemingly offensive acts. […]

An average growth rate in the number of Christians can be observed over the years. Although the sources are meagre, it is evident that the religion had a large number of followers converted through word of mouth. […]

Unlike the ancient Christian authors, sociologist Rodney Stark makes some interesting observations regarding the triumph of Christianity. His proposed growth rate of the religion stands firm in its foundation to convince of its staunch evangelistic approach. […]

All information about the triumph of Christianity and its evangelism comes down to us from ancient literary sources. However, these sources are either inadequate in their data or are contradictory. This leaves us with hardly any concrete information about the religion and its spread. […]

Stories of miracles were told insistently and repeatedly as people’s beliefs are based not on seeing the miracles but on hearing about them. In the first four centuries, the conversions almost always happened because of miracles. […]

Christians attracted outsiders to such an extent that they eventually wiped out the other religions. A line of argument is that Christians convinced people through the miracles they did, or that they were said to have done. […]

The huge number of converts is a testimony to the fact that the two unique features of Christianity, evangelism and exclusivism, had a strong impact on its triumph in the world. […]