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The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History
Rodney StarkRodney Stark, a sociologist by training, has written a book that should end much of the Christian-bashing occuring in academia.
The Rise of Mormonism
Rodney StarkThis is the argument Rodney Stark put forth in his controversial article, "The Rise of a New World Faith" (1984), included in this new collection.
Exploring the Religious Life
Rodney StarkTogether, the essays that constitute Exploring the Religious Life offer an engaging introduction to Rodney Stark's provocative insights and a fearless challenge to academic perceptions about religion's place in history, society, and private ...
A Theory of Religion
Rodney StarkIn this unique text, Stark and Bainbridge begin with basic statements about human nature and, employing the principles of logic and philosophy, build toward increasingly complex propositions about societies and their religious institutions.
Religion, Deviance, and Social Control
Rodney StarkThis book is the first comprehensive analysis, drawing on a wide range of historical and contemporary data, and written in a style that will appeal to readers from many intellectual backgrounds.
David Stark Design
David StarkThis book explores forty of Stark’s elaborate yet eco-friendly events—corporate, non-profit, and private—with 200 exquisite photographs and descriptive text.
The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, ...
Rodney StarkThis is a sweeping, multifaceted survey that takes readers from the Old World to the New, from the past to the present, overturning along the way not only centuries of prejudiced scholarship but the antireligious bias of our own time.
Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion
Rodney StarkThe book sets out to explain *why* people are religious and have the need to be religious, without discrediting organized religions as something foolish or irrational".--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Defrauding America
Rodney StichCopyright 2009 by Rodney Stich and Silverpeak Enterprises, a Nevada Corporation. ... Volume Two ISBN: 978-0-9432438-19-5 Titles by Rodney Stich. with ISBN for print books: Other books by Rodney Stich: America‟s Housing & Financial ...
David Stark: The Art of the Party
David Stark"This volume explores twenty-five of Stark's elaborate-yet-economical events--and a majority of private celebrations--with over 200 color photographs and lively, witty short texts that outline how or where he found the inspiration for each ...
Walter Rodney's Intellectual and Political Thought
Rupert LewisPlacing Rodney's work in the larger tradition of West Indian involvement with continental Africa, Walter Rodney's Intellectual and Political Thought traces the evolution of Walter Rodney's political ideas through biography, analysis of his ...
Walter Rodney Speaks: The Making of an African Intellectual
Walter RodneyA dialogue held in Amherst, Massachusetts, where Rodney discussed his own political and intellectual development, and exchanged views on the role of the Black intellectual
An Introduction to Ministry: A Primer for Renewed Life and ...
Ian S. Markham7 Ibid., 26 8 Dyron B. Daughrity, Church History: Five Approaches to a Global Discipline (New York: Peter Lang, 2012), 5. 9 Ibid., 84. 10 Rodney Stark,The Triumph of Christianity (New York: HarperCollins, 2011), 156–157. 11 Jean Comby ...
How the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of ...
Rodney Stark... 343 Cobbett, William, 352 Cochin, 209 Code Noir,230–31, 232 codfish, 96 Código Negro Español,231,232 cog (ship),80, 195 Cohen, Edward,20 Cohne, I. Bernard,179 Colish, MarciaL., 163–64 Collins, Randall, 133,134 Colón, Cristóbal .
The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient ...
James William ColemanI. Quoted in Kimberly Winston, "About Books," Tricycle, Winter 1998, p. 89. 3 . Thich Nhat Hanh, "The Work of a Sangha," White Heron Sangha Newsletter, November 1 997, p. i. 4. Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge, The Future of ...
Walter Rodney: A Promise of Revolution
PreviewThis book presents a moving and insightful portrait of Rodney through by the words of academics, writers, artists, and political activists who knew him intimately or felt his influence.
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More editionsWalter Rodney and his Times Volume 1 IDENTITY AND IDEOLOGY by Arnold Gibbons With jn Introduction hy Nntel IMOM Wulc Soytnkj (BOOKS) RODNEY'S TIMES Arnold Gibbons, Identity and Ideology - Walter Rodney and his Times: ...
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Walter RodneyRodney's groundbreaking analysis shows how the wealthy countries and international capitalism bear major responsibility for impoverishing Africa.
History of the Upper Guinea Coast: 1545–1800
Walter RodneyWalter Rodney is revered throughout the Caribbean as a teacher, a hero, and a martyr. This book remains the foremost work on the region.
The Sense of Dissonance: Accounts of Worth in Economic Life
David StarkBut as David Stark argues, firms would often be better off, especially in managing change, if they allowed multiple logics of worth and did not necessarily discourage uncertainty.
The Unusual Predicaments of Rastaman and Rodney
Robert Lee DuncanThis is the adventures and misadventures of Rodney Manchester, an ordinary guy who becomes a very reluctant hero, and his extraordinary buddy, Bob, as they face off against a powerful crime monarch in Detroit City for the girl of Rodneyas ...
The Call of the Bully: A Rodney Rathbone Novel
Scott StarkeyStuck at Camp Wy-Mee, cowardly Rodney Rathbone is forced to try to make friends and finds himself once again in the unlikely roll of camp hero.
Rodney Graham: a little thought
Rodney GrahamIn this volume, amply illustrated with many never-before-seen images from early in his career as well as new photography of his most recent works, scholarly essays provide a broad context for viewing: Cornelia Butler looks at Graham's ...
Dangerous Times: The Assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney
GabriehuA racy, well-researched account of the events that led up to the assassination, on June 13, 1980, of world-renowned historian and revolutionary, Dr. Walter Rodney
Reaching Millennials: Proven Methods for Engaging a Younger ...
David StarkDavid Stark has done a brilliant job of identifying what Millennials believe and what motivates them. If you want to welcome, celebrate, and engage Millennials in your church, then devour this book!
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