For the Glory of God : : How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery /

For the Glory of God : : How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery / / Rodney Stark.

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 inevi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Stark, Rodney,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©2004
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (504 p.) :; 30 halftones. 13 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Dimensions of the Supernatural
  • 1. God's Truth: Inevitable Sects and Reformations
  • 2. God's Handiwork: The Religious Origins of Science
  • 3. God's Enemies: Explaining the European Witch-Hunts
  • 4. God's Justice: The Sin of Slavery
  • Postscript: Gods, Rituals, and Social Science
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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