Rodney Stark's provocative 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.
- ISBN10 1322775737
- ISBN13 9781322775739
- Publish Date 1 January 2015 (first published 13 April 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 3 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 501
- Language English