The Rise of Mormonism
- ISBN-10
- 023113634X
- ISBN-13
- 9780231136341
- Category
- Mormon Church
- Pages
- 173
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- Rodney Stark
Description
"This new work, the first to collect Rodney Stark's influential writings on the Mormon church, includes previously published essays, revised and rewritten for this volume. His work sheds light on both the growth of Mormonism and on how and why certain religions continue to grow while others fade away."--Jacket.
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