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Rodney Stark

The Victory of Reason

How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success

Buch

Many books have been written about the success of the West, analyzing why Europe was able to pull ahead of the rest of the world by the end of the Middle Ages. The most common explanations cite the West's superior geography, commerce, and technology. Completely overlooked is the fact that faith in reason, rooted in Christianity's commitment to rational theology, made all these developments possible. Simply put, the conventional wisdom that Western success depended upon overcoming religious barriers to progress is utter nonsense.In The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark advances a revolutionary, controversial, and long overdue idea: that Christia… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-8129-7233-7
  • EAN: 9780812972337
  • Produktnummer: 19437684
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Seitenangabe: 304 S.
  • Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.0 cm 222 g
  • Gewicht: 222

Über den Autor


Rodney Stark is University Professor of the Social Sciences, Baylor University. Before earning his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, he was a staff writer for several major publications. Among his many books are the influential studies The Rise of Christianity and One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism.

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