Looking beyond theological narratives and offering a
sociological, economic, and historical examination of the spread of
earliest Christianity, James Crossley presents a thoroughly secular
and causal explanation for why the once law-observant movement
within Judaism became the beginnings of a new religion. First
analyzing the historiography of the New Testament and stressing the
problematic omission of a social scientific account, Crossley
applies a socioeconomic lens to the rise of the Jesus movement and
the centrality of sinners to his mission. Using macrosociological
approaches, he explains how Jesus' Jewish teachings sparked the
shift toward a gentile religion and an international monotheistic
trend. Finally, using approaches from conversion studies, he
provides a sociohistorical explanation for the rise of the Pauline
mission.
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