Q&A with Rodney Stark
Faith and reason
Was Christianity the engine of Western progress?
SCIENCE, CAPITALISM, and democracy are all enormously complicated areas of human activity, but sociologist Rodney Stark claims there is a simple explanation for them: Christianity. ''The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress," writes Stark in his latest book, ''The Victory of Reason" (Random House), an unapologetic brief for Christianity's positive influence ... (Full article: 1179 words)
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