What we are:

We are a small group, mostly members of Strathkinness Parish Church but also from surrounding churches, who meet together once a month for good, wide ranging, open-minded discussion based on the book we chose to read that month.

August 2006

The Rise of Christianity
by Rodney Stark

Accused of supersitious atheism and persecuted to the death, early Christians overcame all challenges to overwhelm the pagan world with superior morality and ethical behaviour. Rodney Stark combines historical evidence with current sociological theory to explain how. Chapters on the mission to the Jewish diaspora, the role of women in the early church, how social networks functioned during epidemics, the rationality of martyrdom demonstrate the deeply transforming nature of the Christian religion on Greco-Roman civilization. For anyone who wonders what difference Christianity made in the beginning, and what difference it can make today, this book is a must read.


We will be discussing The Rise of Christianity on September 12th

(description from www.amazon.co.uk)