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1	Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist A leading expert on early Christianity presents new, authentic, and sometimes startling facts and statistics about the rise of early Christianity, and reveals how it grew to become the world's greatest religion. see all copies from $2.21! new only from $5.99! \| SVS
2	The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist Many books have been written about the success of the West, analyzing why Europe was able to pull ahead of the rest of the world by the end of the Middle Ages. The most common explanations cite the West's superior geography, commerce, and technology. Completely overlooked is the fact that faith in reason, rooted in Christianity's commitment to ... see all copies from $5.49! new only from $11.73! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist A noted social historian answers the central historical question--did God create man, or did man create God? Stark argues that God was here all along, and that humankind discovered, rather than invented, God as man evolved intellectually and spiritually. see all copies from $4.33! new only from $4.33! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Sociology more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist This text introduces students to the methods and theories of sociology by introducing them to the techniques sociologists use to study society, as well as explaining the rationale behind what they chose to study. In a feature called "A Closer View", seminal research studies are illustrated to introduce students to the sociological imagination and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.89! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Relgious Force..... more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist Sociologist Rodney Stark combines his expertise in social science with historical evidence to offer a provocative report. Stark finds that early Christianity attracted the privileged rather than the poor, and that Christianity's astounding dominance of the Western world arose from its offer of a better, more secure way of life. Index. 9 photos. ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $8.63! \| SVS
6	Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark, Roger Finke add to wishlist Finally, social scientists have begun to attempts to understand religious behaviour rather than to discredit it as irrational, ignorant, or foolish - and Rodney Stark and Roger Finke have played a mayor role in this new approach. Acknowledging that science cannot assess the supernatural side of religion (and therefore should not claim to do so), ... see all copies from $8.29! new only from $29.21! \| SVS
7	For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist 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 that the Christian conception of God resulted - almost inevitably and for the same reasons - in the Protestant ... see all copies from $15.32! new only from $22.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	What Americans Really Believe: New Findings from the Baylor Surveys of Religion more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark, Kevin Dougherty, Christopher Bader add to wishlist Reports on the often surprising results of a new large-scale survey of Americans' religious beliefs and practices see all copies from $6.00! new only from $10.96! \| first editions \| SVS
9	World History, Before 1600: The Development of Early Civilizations, Volume I (with Migrations CD-ROM and Infotrac) more books like this by Rodney Lo Stark add to wishlist As a global text, Upshur's WORLD HISTORY examines world civilizations in a comparative context. Students learn to recognize and analyze trends and interconnections across history and civilizations. see all copies from $47.38!
10	One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist A sociologist explores the power that the major monotheistic religions have held in dividing and uniting peoples across the ages. He begins with their emergence from pantheistic and pagan cultures, looks at the force that the concept of a single, authoritative god held over missionaries and politicians, and concludes with contemporary plurality ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $22.64! \| first editions
11 view cover	Churching of America more books like this by Roger Finke (Editor), Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist In this provocative book, Finke and Stark challenge popular perceptions about American religion. They view the religious environment as a free market economy, where churches compete for souls. The story they tell is one of gains for upstart sects and losses for mainline denominations. "A brilliant and revolutionary analysis of the social history ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.67! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Religion and society in tension more books like this by Charles Y. Glock, Rodney Stark add to wishlist see all copies from $8.75! first editions
13 view cover	The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy more books like this by Roger Finke, Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist In The Churching of America, 1776-2005 Roger Finke and Rodney Stark once again revolutionize the way we think about religion in America. Extending the argument that the nation's religious environment acts as a free market economy, this extensively revised and expanded edition offers new research, statistics, and stories that document increased ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $22.50!
14 view cover	God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist In God's Battalions, award-winning author Rodney Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism, conducted for land, loot, and converts by barbarian Christians who victimized the cultivated Muslims. Instead, Stark argues that the Crusades were the first military response to Muslim terrorist ... see all copies from $14.01! new only from $14.95! \| SVS
15	Contemporary Social Research Methods: A Text Using MicroCase more books like this by Rodney Stark, Lynne Roberts, Michael Corbett add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.70!
16	Contemporary Social Research Methods with Social Research Using Microcase more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark, Lynne Roberts, Michael Corbett add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist Religion is alive and well in the modern world, and the social-scientific study of religion is undergoing a renaissance. For much of this century, respected social theorists predicted the death of religion as inevitable consequence of science, education, and modern economics. But they were wrong. Stark and Bainbridge set out to explain the ... see all copies from $3.53! new only from $45.54! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Religion, Deviance, and Social Control more books like this by William Sims Bainbridge, Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist Analyzing data from many times and places, this book explores the subtle interplay between the religiousness of individuals and that of their social context. This book asks whether religion has the power to control behaviour and whether religious people are less apt to steal cheat, commit suicide or become mentally ill. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
19 view cover	Doing Sociology: A Global Perspective: Using Microcase Explorit Workbook (with CD-ROM) more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist Written by top-notch Sociologist and best-selling INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY author, Rodney Stark, this workbook is one of the first published to utilize the Microcase powerful software. This software and workbook package takes a step- by-step approach to show students how to do real sociological research using the same data and techniques used by ... see all copies from $23.98! new only from $54.50!
20 view cover	Exploring the Religious Life more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark add to wishlist Though religion is for most people one of the most important aspects of their lives, social scientists and other observers of human society too often misunderstand and misrepresent the nature and role of religion in history and in daily life. From the supposed decline of religious attitudes in Western Europe and the venal motivations attributed to ... see all copies from $22.84! new only from $27.87! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	A Theory of Religion more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark, William Sims Bainbridge add to wishlist This work on the sociology of religion begins with basic statements about human nature, and then, employing principles of logic and philosophy, builds towards complex pronouncements on societies and their religious institutions. see all copies from $14.43! new only from $26.03!
22	Religious Movements by Professor Rodney Stark (Editor) add to wishlist Why do people join cults? Why do they leave? And how do they manage to stay in them, if thats what theyve decided to do? What are cults, anyway? Moonies? Hare Krishnas? The Mormons? The Moral Majority? Manson? Rodney Stark, editor of Religious Movements: Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers, criticizes the media attention given to pseudo-experts on the ... see all copies from $2.39! new only from $8.94! \| SVS
23	Wayward shepherds: prejudice and the Protestant clergy more books like this by Rodney Stark add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
24	American piety : the nature of religious commitment more books like this by Rodney Stark add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25 view cover	The Rise of Mormonism more books like this by Professor Rodney Stark, Professor Reid L Neilson (Editor) add to wishlist 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 of a New World Faith" (1984), one of several essays on Mormonism included in this new collection. ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $34.20! \| SVS

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