For the Glory of God How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery
Stark, Rodney
For the Glory of God How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery Rodney Stark - U.S.A. Princeton University Press 2003 - 488tr. hardcover, illustrations 24 cm
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...
9780691114361, 0691114366
Religion and science
Glory of God
Reformation
Monotheism -- History
290 / S795-R69
For the Glory of God How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery Rodney Stark - U.S.A. Princeton University Press 2003 - 488tr. hardcover, illustrations 24 cm
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...
9780691114361, 0691114366
Religion and science
Glory of God
Reformation
Monotheism -- History
290 / S795-R69