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- Book Title
- For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science
- Publication Date
- 2004-08-29
- Pages
- 504
- ISBN
- 9780691119502
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- For the Glory of God : How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Item Length
- 9.1in
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- Princeton University Press
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 24 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 504 Pages
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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 Reformation, the rise of modern science, the European witch-hunts, and the Western abolition of slavery. In the process, he explains why Christian and Islamic images of God yielded such different cultural results, leading Christians but not Muslims to foster science, burn "witches," and denounce slavery. With his usual clarity and skepticism toward the received wisdom, Stark finds the origins of these disparate phenomena within monotheistic religious organizations. Endemic in such organizations are pressures to maintain religious intensity, which lead to intense conflicts and schisms that have far-reaching social results. Along the way, Stark debunks many commonly accepted ideas.He interprets the sixteenth-century flowering of science not as a sudden revolution that burst religious barriers, but as the normal, gradual, and direct outgrowth of medieval theology.He also shows that the very ideas about God that sustained the rise of science led also to intense witch-hunting by otherwise clear-headed Europeans, including some celebrated scientists. This conception of God likewise yielded the Christian denunciation of slavery as an abomination--and some of the fiercest witch-hunters were devoted participants in successful abolitionist movements on both sides of the Atlantic. For the Glory of God is an engrossing narrative that accounts for the very different histories of the Christian and Muslim worlds. It fundamentally changes our understanding of religion's role in history and the forces behind much of what we point to as secular progress.
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Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691119503
ISBN-13
9780691119502
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30873804
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Publication Name
For the Glory of God : How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
504 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
24 Oz
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Bl221.S747 2004
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[Stark] writes with a clarity and concision that make him a pleasure to read. . . . A number of fondly held myths get demolished in this book. -- David Klinghoffer, National Review, For the Glory of God. . . is an important book. It is immensely learned, consistently contentious, and filled with brilliant, if sometimes eccentric, insights. . . [F]or those who are open to a very different interpretation of the development of Western Civilization ...For the Glory of Godis strongly recommended., "[Stark] writes with a clarity and concision that make him a pleasure to read. . . . A number of fondly held myths get demolished in this book."-- David Klinghoffer, National Review, "[Stark] writes with a clarity and concision that make him a pleasure to read. . . . A number of fondly held myths get demolished in this book." --David Klinghoffer, National Review, [Stark] writes with a clarity and concision that make him a pleasure to read. . . . A number of fondly held myths get demolished in this book., Winner of the History/Biography Award of Merit, Christianity Today Magazine Winner of the 2004 Distinguished Book Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, This is a sociology of religion that takes seriously what people believe. Stark knows that beliefs have consequences. They can even change the course of history. -- David Neff, Christianity Today, " For the Glory of God . . . is an important book. It is immensely learned, consistently contentious, and filled with brilliant, if sometimes eccentric, insights. . . [F]or those who are open to a very different interpretation of the development of Western Civilization ... For the Glory of God is strongly recommended."-- First Things, This is a sociology of religion that takes seriously what people believe. Stark knows that beliefs have consequences. They can even change the course of history., For the Glory of God . . . is an important book. It is immensely learned, consistently contentious, and filled with brilliant, if sometimes eccentric, insights. . . [F]or those who are open to a very different interpretation of the development of Western Civilization ... For the Glory of God is strongly recommended. -- First Things, For the Glory of God. . . is an important book. It is immensely learned, consistently contentious, and filled with brilliant, if sometimes eccentric, insights. . . [F]or those who are open to a very different interpretation of the development of Western Civilization ...For the Glory of Godis strongly recommended. -- First Things, " For the Glory of God . . . is an important book. It is immensely learned, consistently contentious, and filled with brilliant, if sometimes eccentric, insights. . . [F]or those who are open to a very different interpretation of the development of Western Civilization ... For the Glory of God is strongly recommended." -- First Things, "This is a sociology of religion that takes seriously what people believe. Stark knows that beliefs have consequences. They can even change the course of history."-- David Neff, Christianity Today, "This is a sociology of religion that takes seriously what people believe. Stark knows that beliefs have consequences. They can even change the course of history." --David Neff, Christianity Today, For the Glory of God . . . is an important book. It is immensely learned, consistently contentious, and filled with brilliant, if sometimes eccentric, insights. . . [F]or those who are open to a very different interpretation of the development of Western Civilization ... For the Glory of God is strongly recommended.
Table of Content
List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Dimensions of the Supernatural 1 CHAPTER 1 God's Truth: Inevitable Sects and Reformations 15 CHAPTER 2 God's Handiwork: The Religious Origins of Science 121 CHAPTER 3 God's Enemies: Explaining the European Witch-Hunts 201 CHAPTER 4 God's Justice: The Sin of Slavery 291 Postscript: Gods, Rituals, and Social Science 367 Notes 377 Bibliography 419 Index 465
Copyright Date
2004
Topic
Slavery, Theism, Christianity / History, Comparative Religion, Witchcraft (See Also Religion / Wicca), Europe / General, Religion & Science, Sociology of Religion
Dewey Decimal
291.1/4
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, History, Social Science
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