01463nam a2200301 a 450000500170000000800200001702000300003704100080006708200080007508200130008310000180009610000110011424500250012524500850015024500170023526000110025226000310026326000090029430000110030330000290031430000100034352006590035365000250101265000170103765000160105465000260107085600650109620260119071400.02024-05-21 14:05:52  a9780691114361, 0691114366  aeng  a290  bS795-R69  aStark, Rodney  eAuthor  aFor the Glory of God  bHow Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery  cRodney Stark  aU.S.A.  bPrinceton University Press  c2003  a488tr.  bhardcover, illustrations  c24 cm  aRodney 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...  aReligion and science  aGlory of God  aReformation  aMonotheism -- History4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14581/g.jpgyCover Image