Rodney Stark
Rodney Stark
Rodney William Starkis an American sociologist of religion who was a long time professor of sociology and of comparative religion at the University of Washington. He is presently the Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University, co-director of the university's Institute for Studies of Religion, and founding editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTheologian
CountryUnited States of America
religious taken mean
Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals. The word is taken to mean a passe form of religious thinking that embraces irrationality and dogmatism. So too, Scholasticism.
religious men risk
It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men.
christian religious technology
That new technologies and techniques would be forthcoming was a fundamental article of Christian faith. Hence, no bishops or theologians denounced clocks or sailing ships-although both were condemned on religious grounds in various non-Western societies.
impact innovation atheism
No other single innovation had so much impact on history.
people atheism cost
People value religion on the basis of cost, and they don't value the cheapest ones the most. Religions that ask nothing get nothing.
religious taste concern
It can be demonstrated that in any society there is a distribution of religious tastes and concerns.
religious america nations
America is an unusually religious nation.
media university one-thing
For one, thing, the media are dominated by the irreligious. So are universities.
men scary matter
[Some men are shortsighted, so] going to prison or going to hell just doesn't matter to these men.
christian religious believe
The overwhelming majority of social scientists were irreligious or even anti-religious. This led them to believe that religion was a disappearing and unimportant factor in human affairs.
christian way belief
It has been said of many modern Christian theologians that their primary aim is to find ways to express disbelief as belief.
religious atheist effort
Evolution has primarily been an attack on religion by militant atheists who wrap themselves in the mantle of science in an effort to refute all religious claims concerning a creator - an effort that has also often attempted to suppress all scientific criticisms of Darwin's work.