For The Glory Of God. How Monotheism Led To Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, And The End Of Slavery - Rodney Stark
How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery
KORTE INHOUD
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. With his usual clarity and skepticism toward the received wisdom, Stark finds the origins of these disparate phenomena within monotheistic religious organizations. Endemic in such organizations are pressures to maintain religious intensity, which lead to intense conflicts and schisms that have far-reaching social results. Along the way, Stark debunks many commonly accept...
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2004Uitgever: Princeton University Press504 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0691119503ISBN-13: 9780691119502Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, some b/w illustrations, 8vo. [Auteur: Stark, Rodney] [Pagina's: 488] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Princeton University Press] [Jaar: 2003] [Titel: For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery]
