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What was it about Christianity that allowed it to grow from a few dozen believers to a global religion with billions of adherents? On this episode, we go through how Christianity became a global religion and what attributes enabled its rise. ----- Sponsors: Speechify - Go to speechify.com/ben to get 15% off Speechify Premium Vesto - Get all of your company's financial accounts in one view at Vesto.com HTTOTW Premium - Get all episodes, end notes, mini-episodes, and more at takeoverpod.supercast.com ----- Sources: The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D Ehrman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of several books including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, and his latest, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World. The post The Triumph of Christianity appeared first on KPFA.

This week we talk about ancient paganism.The feedback form is at htotw.com/contactLeave us voice message at +1 (208) 996-8667 or htotw.com/speakpipeSupport the show on a monthly basis with Patreon or just once with PayPal, credit or debit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay links are at htotw.com/donateSubscribe at htotw.com/subscribeJoin our Discord server at htotw.com/discordSourcesThe Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. EhrmanWikipedia - PaganismWikipedia - Ancient Greek ReligionWikipedia - Religion in Ancient RomeWikipedia - Imperial cult of Ancient RomeWikipedia - Hellenistic ReligionWikipedia - Decline of Greco-Roman polytheismFeedbackfatgirlballet via YouTubeSupportThere's voice mail to play- Upgrading Patron - JS- New Patron - GalanThis episode is brought to you by:JSHenry KDaniellePat Acks from the Humanists of IdahoSoJoBig Easy BlasphemyDarryl GArthur KSamuel CBeatriz ALevi CRichard GBalázsSteve FBrad RAnd by our $1 patrons and those who want no reward.Contact information, show notes, and links to Social Media and the like can be found at https://htotw.comThe music in this episode is:Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-showLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license“Tabuk” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)NewsSting by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newsstingLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseDitty Pong by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4676-ditty-pongLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseDisco Sting by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3653-disco-stingLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseSweeter Vermouth by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4450-sweeter-vermouthLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseFull shownotes can always be found at https://htotw.com/18Support the show

This week we talk about ancient paganism. The feedback form is at htotw.com/contact Leave us voice message at +1 (208) 996-8667 or htotw.com/speakpipe Support the show on a monthly basis with Patreon or just once with PayPal, credit or debit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay links are at htotw.com/donate Subscribe at htotw.com/subscribe Join our Discord server at htotw.com/discord Sources The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. Ehrman Wikipedia - Paganism Wikipedia - Ancient Greek Religion Wikipedia - Religion in Ancient Rome Wikipedia - Imperial cult of Ancient Rome Wikipedia - Hellenistic Religion Wikipedia - Decline of Greco-Roman polytheism Feedback fatgirlballet via YouTube Support There's voice mail to play - Upgrading Patron - JS - New Patron - Galan This episode is brought to you by: JS Henry K Danielle Pat Acks from the Humanists of Idaho SoJo Big Easy Blasphemy Darryl G Arthur K Samuel C Beatriz A Levi C Richard G Balázs Steve F Brad R And by our $1 patrons and those who want no reward. Contact information, show notes, and links to Social Media and the like can be found at https://htotw.com The music in this episode is: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license “Tabuk” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) NewsSting by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4124-newssting License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Ditty Pong by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4676-ditty-pong License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Disco Sting by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3653-disco-sting License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Sweeter Vermouth by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4450-sweeter-vermouth License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Full shownotes can always be found at https://htotw.com/18 Download episode

The historical myths surrounding the emperor Constantine, his conversion to Christianity and the claim he created the Bible at the Council of Nicaea are persistent and continue to be propagated in popular culture, despite being total nonsense. Unfortunately, leading atheists also perpetuate these silly ideas, with everyone from Richard Dawkins to Joe Rogan insisting that Constantine was not really a Christian, that he pretended to convert for political reasons and that it was he who set the canon of the New Testament. It is a sad testament to the poverty of these atheists' historical knowledge that their understanding is stunted at the level of the airport thriller, The Da Vinci Code.In this latest podcast episode, I look at the actual historical evidence and show how the caricature of history presented by these public anti-theists is hopelessly wrong.Further readingDavid L. Dungan, Constantine's Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament (Fortress: 2007)Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World, (Simon & Schuster: 2018)Robin Lane Fox, Pagans and Christians, (Penguin: 1986)Peter J. Leithart, Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom (IVP Academic: 2010)Paul Stephenson, Constantine (Quercus: 2009)The Great Myths 4: Constantine, Nicaea and the Bible

This week Sam is joined by Professor Bart D. Ehrman. The video version of this conversation can be found here on our YouTube channel 12 hours after the audio version goes live. The final plug for this: I am currently fundraising for a new PC due to a major technical failure with my current iMac that will see it get decommissioned in the near future. If you can help, please donate here. In this conversation, we hone in on Bart's story into academia and out of religion. Looking at how the New Testament was written, if Jesus was real, how the manuscripts have changed and a whole lot more. The references and resources mentioned in this episode can be found here: The Bart D. Ehrman Blog God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why Whose Word is it?: The Story Behind Who Changed the New Testament and Why (it looks like you can still get the UK version!) The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife We hope you enjoy our show. When Belief Dies aims to honestly reflect on faith, religion and life. Your support via Patreon enables us to cover the costs of running this show and look to the future to make things even better as we build upon what we already have in the works. Please take a look and consider giving. Alternatively, you can support the show with a one-off gift via PayPal. Use this link to navigate to the website, to find us on social media and anywhere else we might be present online. #Podcast #Deconstruction #God #Agnostic #Christian #Atheism #Apologetics #Audio #Question #Exvangelical #Deconversion #SecularGrace #Exchristian

In this episode we talk about the early rise of Christianity in the time where it was still considered a Jewish Sect.Sources The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. Ehrman My educationMusic from https://filmmusic.io “Tabuk” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This week we talk about Jewish history. Sources The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. Ehrman Wikipedia - Jewish History Music from https://filmmusic.io “Tabuk” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This week we talk about ancient paganism. Sources The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World by Bart D. Ehrman Wikipedia - Paganism Wikipedia - Ancient Greek Religion Wikipedia - Religion in Ancient Rome Wikipedia - Imperial cult of Ancient Rome Wikipedia - Hellenistic Religion Wikipedia - Decline of Greco-Roman polytheism Music from https://filmmusic.io “Tabuk” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

A conversation with Bart D. Ehrman, renowned religious scholar and author of the book The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World.  We learn how Christianity spread throughout the Western world, and how the Roman Empire went from being a polytheistic pagan society, to a Christian society that persecuted non-Christians. Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of several books including Misquoting Jesus, How Jesus Became God, and his latest, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World. The post The Triumph of Christianity appeared first on KPFA.

Bart Ehrman asks how did a religion that began with a small group of illiterate day laborers become the dominant religion of the Roman Empire in just three centuries? What was gained and what was lost when the Roman Empire became the Christian Roman Empire? This is the second part of series on Revisioning Christianity. Different scholars bring different views to help us understand the history of Christianity and its future. How did Christianity become empire’s religion? Was Christianity a hoax? Is it believable today? Does it yet have a message to inspire peace and justice?  John Shuck's five guests include 1) John Dominic Crossan, who with his wife, Sarah Sexton Crossan have just released Resurrecting Easter: How the West Lost and the East Kept the Original Easter Vision. 2) John Shelby Spong, author of the newly released, Unbelievable: Why Neither Ancient Creeds Nor the Reformation Can Produce a Living Faith Today, 3) David Skrbina, author of the newly released, The Jesus Hoax: How St. Paul’s Cabal Fooled the World for Two Thousand Years, 4) Angela Yarber, creator of the Holy Women Icons Project, and this week, 5) Bart Ehrman, author of the newly released, The Triumph of Christianity: How A Forbidden Religion Swept the World,   Bart Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He is the author of more than 30 books and is Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has been on my program three times previously. Previously we discussed his books, Did Jesus Exist? Jesus Before the Gospels, and How Jesus Became God. Today we explore the question, “How did Christianity triumph?” His book is The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World.

Author and New Testament scholar Dr. Bart Ehrman joins the show to talk about his latest book, "The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World." Seth finishes the broadcast with a reading from the book.Bart Ehrman's website: https://www.bartdehrman.comSupport our sponsors:The Great Courses Plus: http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/sethHello Fresh: http://www.hellofresh.com (promo code SethAndrews30)VIDEO of this interview: https://youtu.be/uDy7TtfLggs

In this remote Science Salon (recorded on February 19, 2018), Dr. Shermer converses with the great bible scholar and historian Dr. Bart D. Ehrman, the Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity and the author of 8 Teaching Company courses and a number of New York Times bestselling books, including Misquoting Jesus and How Jesus Became God. In his new book, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World, Dr. Ehrman explores how a tiny sect of just 20 people at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion in 30 CE became 25 to 35 million Christians by 400 CE. Imagine if the couple of dozen Branch Davidians living near Waco, Texas in early 1990s, instead of being incinerated by Federal agents in a botched stand-off, went on to convert two billion people around the world to their religion. That is what early Christians did. How did they do that? Shermer and Ehrman also discuss the modern atheism movement, how Jesus became a Republican in the second half of the 20th century, the intractable (for Christians) problem of evil, the problem of identity for Jesus (how could he be both man and God?), what pre-Christian pagans believed about the gods, what early Christians had to offer pagans that other religions didn’t, how religions invented the afterlife and what people believed before the rise of Christianity about what happens after you die, and other fascinating topics.