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Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief
Winner of the 2008 Christianity Today Award of Merit in Theology/Ethics
The History of God
In Discovering God, award-winning sociologist Rodney Stark presents a monumental history of the origins of the great religions from the Stone Age to the Modern Age and wrestles with the central questions of religion and belief.
Book Details
- Publisher: HarperOne
- Publish Date: Dec 2nd, 2008
- Pages: 496
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.04in - 5.94in - 1.34in - 1.14lb
- EAN: 9780061626012
- Categories: • Philosophy• Sociology of Religion• History
About the Author
Stark, Rodney: -
Rodney Stark is the Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University. His thirty books on the history and sociology of religion include The Rise of Christianity, Cities of God, For the Glory of God, Discovering God, and The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success. Stark received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Praise for this book
"[A] wide-ranging investigation...serious students of religion will recognize this as an essential sourcebook." - Booklist
"Professor Stark's new book is a tour de force of scholarship, economy in presentation and shrewd observation. As a social scientist he brings out many contrasts that other scholars miss. His comparison of Islam with Christianity is especially penetrating." - Michael Novak, George Frederick Jewett Chair in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute
Stark's retelling of the origins of the world's great religions is fascinating and excellent. - Newsweek
"Writing with his accustomed clarity and sure command of his subject, Rodney Stark here offers the newest masterful book in his distinguished series on religion. Stark's views, supported firmly by the evidence, should bring about a profound reorientation in the study of religion. Discovering God is rich, deep, and enjoyably readable." - Jeffrey Burton Russell, author of A History of Heaven and of Paradise Mislaid
"A highly provocative book, proposing a model for interaction among the study of religions, theological methodologies, and the social and physical sciences. A daring departure from many of the traditional treatments of such matters." - Justo L. Gonzalez, author of The Story of Christianity and A History of Christian Thought
"In an intellectual marketplace full of crude, prejudiced and dogmatic speculations about the genetic basis of religion, for good or (mostly) for ill, a properly historical and cultural study is extremely welcome. Rodney Stark, as ever, writes clearly and with erudition for a lay as well as a learned public and explores the hypothesis that God is discovered, not merely projected or fabricated." - David Martin, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics
"Professor Stark's new book is a tour de force of scholarship, economy in presentation and shrewd observation. As a social scientist he brings out many contrasts that other scholars miss. His comparison of Islam with Christianity is especially penetrating." - Michael Novak, George Frederick Jewett Chair in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute
Stark's retelling of the origins of the world's great religions is fascinating and excellent. - Newsweek
"Writing with his accustomed clarity and sure command of his subject, Rodney Stark here offers the newest masterful book in his distinguished series on religion. Stark's views, supported firmly by the evidence, should bring about a profound reorientation in the study of religion. Discovering God is rich, deep, and enjoyably readable." - Jeffrey Burton Russell, author of A History of Heaven and of Paradise Mislaid
"A highly provocative book, proposing a model for interaction among the study of religions, theological methodologies, and the social and physical sciences. A daring departure from many of the traditional treatments of such matters." - Justo L. Gonzalez, author of The Story of Christianity and A History of Christian Thought
"In an intellectual marketplace full of crude, prejudiced and dogmatic speculations about the genetic basis of religion, for good or (mostly) for ill, a properly historical and cultural study is extremely welcome. Rodney Stark, as ever, writes clearly and with erudition for a lay as well as a learned public and explores the hypothesis that God is discovered, not merely projected or fabricated." - David Martin, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics