Results for author 'Rodney Stark'

Religion, Deviance, and Social Control

The Victory of Reason

How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success

Bearing False Witness

Debunking Centuries Of Anti-Catholic History

One True God

Historical Consequences of Monotheism

For the Glory of God

How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery

The Rise of Christianity

A Sociologist Reconsiders History

Sociology of Religion

A Rodney Stark Reader

What Americans Really Believe

Cities of God

The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Moveme nt and Conquered Rome

The Churching of America, 1776-2005

Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy

Acts of Faith

Explaining the Human Side of Religion

Religion, Deviance, and Social Control

Discovering God

The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief

God's Battalions

The Case for the Crusades

The Triumph of Christianity

How the Jesus Movement Became the World's Largest Religion

Reformation Myths

Five Centuries of Misconceptions and (Some) Misfortunes

Why God?

Explaining Religious Phenomena

How the West Won

The Neglected Story of the Triumph

The Triumph of Faith

Why the World Is More Religious Than Ever

Why God?

Explaining Religious Phenomena

Bearing False Witness

Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History

A Star in the East

The Rise of Christianity in China

American Piety

The Nature of Religious Commitment

Triumph of Christianity

How the Jesus Movement Became the World's Largest Religion

The Future of Religion

Secularization, Revival and Cult Formation

A Theory of Religion

America's Blessings

How Religion Benefits Everyone, Including Atheists

The Rise of Christianity

A Sociologist Reconsiders History

The Rise of Christianity