Rodney Stark
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Rodney Stark is "one of the world’s most respected sociologists of religion."[1]. Since the 1960s Stark has studied the phenomenon of conversion scientifically focusing especially on newer religious movements such as Mormons, Moonies, and Hare Krishnas. [2]
An agnostic himself[1], Stark views Christian history and what Christianity was able to accomplish in a very favorable light. He has written or co-authored many books including:
- The Rise of Christianity (HarperOne San Francisco, 1997) ISBN 978-0060677015
- The Churching of America, 1776–1990 (with Roger Finke. Rutgers University Press, 1992) ISBN 978-0813535531
- A Theory of Religion (Peter Lang, 1987) ISBN 978-0820403564
- For The Glory of God (Princeton University Press, 2004) ISBN 978-0691119502
- The Victory of Reason (Random House, New York, 2005) ISBN 978-0812972337
- Cities of God (HarperOne, 2006) ISBN 978-0061349881
- Discovering God (HarperOne, 2007) ISBN 978-0061173899
Today Stark teaches at the University of Washington.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 An Interview With Rodney Stark
- ↑ Rodney Stark: The Berkeley Years - Armand L. Mauss - Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1990), pp. 362-366
