Rodney Stark grew up in Jamestown, North Dakota, and began his career as a newspaper reporter. The shocking truth about the Spanish Inquisition Islam & the destruction of Eastern & North African ChristianityĮurope responds: the case for the Crusades For scholars & laity alike, this is a journey thru events we think we know & need to reconsider. With his knack for making bold, original scholarship accessible to all, Stark presents the story behind the tragedies & triumphs that have shaped the trajectory of the Xian faith & much of global history. New Worlds & Xian Growth considers the development of religious pluralism in the USA & the continuing vigor of Xianity worldwide, disproving the popular notion that religion must disappear to make room for modernity. Xianity Divided examines two Roman Catholic 'Churches'-a Church of Piety & a Church of Power-as they respond to heretical challenges, Luther's Reformation & the Spanish Inquisition. Medieval Currents sheds light on the misleadingly named 'Dark Ages' & the vital role faith played in the scientific revolution. Consolidating Xian Europe argues that Constantine's conversion did the church great harm, examines the gradual demise of paganism & clarifies the motives behind the Crusades.  Xianizing the Empire looks at Jesus' life & the formative days of the movement he inspired, explaining why Xianity was a reprieve from the miseries of daily life for many. Xmas Eve surveys the religious situation within which Xianity began. As it moves thru six historical eras, The Triumph of Xianity gets right to Xianity's most pivotal & controversial moments-often turning them on their heads: Now he tells a more extensive story, beginning with the religious & social situation prior to Jesus' birth & continuing to the present. In his The Rise of Xianity, he examined the early success of Xianity & how it conquered Rome. In The Triumph of Xianity, religious & social historian Stark explains how an obscure Jewish sect became the largest, most thriving religion in the world. Their number grows more rapidly than that of any other major faith.

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