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'''Rodney Stark''' is "one of the world’s most respected [[sociologist]]s of [[religion]]." <ref>[http://www.jknirp.com/stark.htm An Interview With Rodney Stark]</ref>. Since the 1960's Stark has studied the phenomenon of [[conversion]] scientifically focusing especially on newer religious movements such as [[Mormons]], [[Moonie]]s, and [[Hare Krishna]]s. <ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8294(199009)29%3A3%3C362%3ARSTBY%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B Rodney Stark: The Berkeley Years] - Armand L. Mauss - ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1990), pp. 362-366</ref>
'''Rodney Stark''' is "one of the world’s most respected [[sociologist]]s of [[religion]].".<ref name="interview">[http://www.jknirp.com/stark.htm An Interview With Rodney Stark]</ref> Since the 1960s Stark has studied the phenomenon of [[conversion]] scientifically focusing especially on [[new religious movement]]s such as [[Mormons]], [[Unification Church|Unificationists]], and [[Krishna|Hare Krishna]]s.<ref>[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8294(199009)29%3A3%3C362%3ARSTBY%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B Rodney Stark: The Berkeley Years] - Armand L. Mauss - ''Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion'', Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1990), pp. 362-366</ref>
An agnostic himself, 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:
An [[agnosticism|agnostic]] himself,<ref name="interview" /> Stark views [[Christian]] history and what Christianity was able to accomplish in a very favorable light (see [[Christianity and science]]).
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
After many years at the University of Washington, Stark now teaches at Baylor University.
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