Smithsonian Part Two - Pagan Converts and the Power of God

Professor Bart D. Ehrman joins the Smithsonian Associates at the S. Dillon Ripley Center in Washington, DC on Saturday, February 10, 2018 - 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. The conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity set in motion a transformation with little equal in the history of Western civilization. A movement that began within a small group of illiterate day-laborers in a remote corner of the empire took fire, and within four hundred years half the population of the empire had converted. Christianity became the official religion of Rome and, eventually, the most significant political, cultural, and social force in history. The lecture is immersed with content from Bart's book "The Triumph of Christianity: How A Forbidden Religion Swept the World."

Program discussed on Bart Ehrman's Foundation Blog: http://ehrmanblog.org/?p=15983

Part One:    • Smithsonian Part One - Christianity’s...  
Part Two:    • Smithsonian Part Two - Pagan Converts...  
Part Three:    • Smithsonian Part Three - Factors for ...  
Part Four:    • Smithsonian Part Four - Constantine a...  

Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He came to UNC in 1988, after four years of teaching at Rutgers University. At UNC he has served as both the Director of Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies. A graduate of Wheaton College (Illinois), Professor Ehrman received both his Masters of Divinity and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, where his 1985 doctoral dissertation was awarded magna cum laude.

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