For the Glory of God <subTitle>How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Stark, Rodney</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Princeton University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2003</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>488tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>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...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Rodney Stark</note> <subject> <topic>Religion and science</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Glory of God</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Reformation</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Monotheism -- History</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">290</classification> <classification authority="ddc">S795-R69</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780691114361, 0691114366</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14581/g.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14581/g.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071400.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>