Books written by Rodney Stark

Religion, Deviance, and Social Control

... 22 threshold effect, 76 Timberlake,James H., 85 Toulmin, Stephen, 132 Townsend, Joan B., 126 Transcendental Meditation, 105, 112-116 trust, 187 Tuke, ...
The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy

Hargreaves, Robert. 1914. ”The Rural Community and Church Federation.” Ameri— can journal of Sociology 20: 249—260. Harrison, Paul M. 1959. Authority and Power in the Free Church Tradition. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival and Cult Formation

By explaining the forms taken by religions today, Stark and Bainbridge allow us to understand its persistence in a secular age and its prospects for the future,
The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation

Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation Rodney Stark, William Sims Bainbridge. 19 Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation Secularization is the dominant theme in modern assessments of the future of religion.
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The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success

This is a sweeping, multifaceted survey that takes readers from the Old World to the New, from the past to the present, overturning along the way not only centuries of prejudiced scholarship but the antireligious bias of our own time.
God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades

Stark, the author of The Rise of Christianity, reviews the history of the seven major crusades from 1095-1291 in this fascinating work of religious revisionist history.
Sociology: The Internet Edition (Non-InfoTrac Version)

This text, considered to be a living classic among introductory sociology texts, is written by a major sociology researcher and scholarly author, Rodney Stark.
The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History

In a fast-paced, highly readable book that addresses beliefs as well as historical facts, Rodney Stark brings a sociologist's perspective to bear on the puzzle behind the success of early Christianity.
Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief

Winner of the 2008 Christianity Today Award of Merit in Theology/Ethics The History of God In Discovering God, award-winning sociologist Rodney Stark presents a monumental history of the origins of the great religions from the Stone Age to ...
The Rise of Christianity: How to obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force ....

"Anyone who has puzzled over Christianity's rise to dominance...must read it." says Yale University's Wayne A. Meeks, for The Rise of Christianity makes a compelling case for startling conclusions.
One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism

Western history would be unrecognizable had it not been for people who believed in One True God.
Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome

Based on quantitative data and the latest scholarship, preeminent scholar and journalist Rodney Stark presents new and startling information about the rise of the early church, overturning many prevailing views of how Christianity grew ...
The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World's Largest Religion

For scholars and armchair historians alike, this is a brisk and thought-provoking journey through events we think we know—and need to reconsider.
Sociology of Religion: A Rodney Stark Reader

Authoritative reader compiling the best scholarship from acclaimed sociologist Rodney Stark, with an introduction by Rodney Stark.
Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History

Bearing False Witness is a compelling and sobering account of how egotism and ideology often work together to give us a false truth.
Why God?: Explaining Religious Phenomena

Renowned sociologist of religion Rodney Stark offers a comprehensive, decisive, God-centered theory of religion in his book, Why God: Explaining Religious Phenomena.
The Triumph of Faith: Why the World is More Religious Than Ever

Stark marshals an incredible amount of data—surveys of more than a million people in 163 nations—to paint the full picture that both scholars and popular commentators have missed.
Exploring the Religious Life

Together, the essays that constitute Exploring the Religious Life offer an engaging introduction to Rodney Stark's provocative insights and a fearless challenge to academic perceptions about religion's place in history, society, and private ...
Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion

The book sets out to explain *why* people are religious and have the need to be religious, without discrediting organized religions as something foolish or irrational"--Résumé de l'éditeur.