Libros de Rodney Stark

La Victoria De La Razón

• 420 páginas
• ¿Por qué Europa superó al resto del mundo a finales de la Edad Media? Para Stark, la clave no fue la geografía ni la tecnología, sino el cristianismo: su teología abrazó la razón y la lógica,...

¿por Qué Dios? Análisis De Los Fenómenos Religiosos

• 312 páginas
• ¿Por qué la mayoría de las personas estamos vinculados a algún tipo de fe? ¿Por qué nos atrae la religión? En este libro, Rodney Stark analiza qué es la religión, qué hace y por qu&eacu...

Falso Testimonio. Denuncia De Siglos De Historia Anticatolica

• 304 páginas
• En este libro, el historiador protestante, Rodney Stark, defiende que muchos de los planteamientos de la historiografía sobre la Iglesia Católica se han construido sobre leyendas negras que buscaban su desprestigio.

La Expansión Del Cristianismo

• 224 páginas
• Una obra que sustituye el misterio por el método, revelando la lógica social que impulsó la mayor revolución espiritual de la historia.

Why God?: Explaining Religious Phenomena

• Why is it that the majority of people, from all socio-economic, education, and ethnic backgrounds,..

Der Sieg Des Abendlandes

• 431 páginas

Triumph Of Christianity, The

• 512 páginas
• Celebrated religious and social historian Rodney Stark traces the extraordinary rise of Christianity through its most pivotal and controversial moments to offer fresh perspective on the history of the world’s largest religion. In The...

Reformation Myths

• 194 páginas
• What has the Reformation ever done for us?A lot less than you might think, as Rodney Stark shows in this enlightening and entertaining antidote to recent books about the rise of Protestantism and its legacy.’Rodney Stark takes no prisone...

How The West Won: The Neglected Story Of The Triumph Of Modernity

• Finally the Truth about the Rise of the West. Modernity developed only in..

Cities Of God

Exploring The Religious Life

• Though religion is for most people one of the most important aspects of their lives, social..

The Future Of Religion: Secularization, Revival And Cult Formation

• Religion is alive and well in the modern world, and the social-scientific study of religion is..

The Churching Of America, 1776-2005: Winners And Losers In Our Religious Economy

• In this provocative book, Roger Finke and Rodney Stark challenge popular perceptions about American

The Rise Of Mormonism

• 173 páginas
• Will Mormonism be the next world faith, one that will rival Catholicism, Islam, and other major religions in terms of numbers and global appeal? This was the question Rodney Stark addressed in his much-discussed and much-debated article, "The Rise...

For The Glory Of God

• Rodney Stark’s provocative new book argues that, whether we like it or not, people acting for the glory of God have formed our modern culture. Continuing his project of identifying the widespread consequences of monotheism, Stark shows...

One True God

• Western history would be unrecognizable had it not been for people who believed in One True God. There would have been wars, but no religious wars. There would have been moral codes, but no Commandments. Had the Jews been polytheists, they would today...

Acts Of Faith

• 343 páginas
• This is an analysis of the observable, human side of faith. The text combines theorizing with discussion as it moves from considering the religiousness of individuals to the dynamics of religious groups to the workings of entire societies as religious...

Rise Of Christianity, The

• 272 páginas
• This "fresh, blunt, and highly persuasive account of how the West was won—for Jesus" ( Newsweek ) is now available in paperback. Stark's provocative report challenges conventional wisdom and finds that Christianity's...

Rise Of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History

• 262 páginas
• The idea that Christianity started as a clandestine movement among the poor is a widely accepted notion. Yet it is one of many myths that must be discarded if we are to understand just how a tiny messianic movement on the edge of the Roman Empire became...

American Piety: The Nature Of Religious Commitment

• 246 páginas
• How religious are Americans these days? How many still believe in God, in Biblical miracles, in heaven and hell? Do people pray? How much money is being given to churches, by Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, and other groups? Amer...