{"product_id":"the-triumph-of-christianity-how-a-forbidden-religion-swept-the-world-9781501136719","title":"The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \"marvelous\" (Reza Aslan, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eZealot\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling story of how Christianity became the dominant religion in the West.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four centuries? In \u003ci\u003eThe Triumph of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, early Christian historian Bart D. Ehrman weaves the rigorously-researched answer to this question \"into a vivid, nuanced, and enormously readable narrative\" (Elaine Pagels, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gnostic Gospels\u003c\/i\u003e), showing how a handful of charismatic characters used a brilliant social strategy and an irresistible message to win over hearts and minds one at a time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis \"humane, thoughtful and intelligent\" book (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) upends the way we think about the single most important cultural transformation our world has ever seen--one that revolutionized art, music, literature, philosophy, ethics, economics, and law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501136719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Bart D. Ehrman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36654833270940,"sku":"9781501136719","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_90a6267e-281f-4cfe-b22c-9488c10a040e.jpg?v=1603884189","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-triumph-of-christianity-how-a-forbidden-religion-swept-the-world-9781501136719","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}