Reformation Myths
Five Centuries of Misconceptions and (Some) Misfortunes
$24.70
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
17 August 2017
Summary
What has the Reformation ever done for us?
A lot less than you might think, as Rodney Stark shows in this enlightening and entertaining antidote to recent books about the rise of Protestantism and its legacy.
‘Rodney Stark takes no prisoners as he charges through five hundred years of history, upsetting apple carts left and right. Almost everything you thought you knew about the Reformation turns out to be a false narrative… In future, anyone who makes sweepi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780281078271 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0281078270 |
| Author: | Rodney Stark |
| Publisher: | SPCK Publishing |
| Imprint: | SPCK Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 17 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
so much helpful historical reflection
Rodney Stark takes aim at one “myth” after another… He is like a man carefully setting up skittles before firing down bowling balls of fact and argument to send them scattering. * Catholic Herald *
so much helpful historical reflection – Michael Haykin * Evangelicals Now *
Rodney Stark
Rodney Stark is Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, Texas. He is Founding Editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, Honorary Professor of Sociology at Peking University in Beijing, China, and past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. His most recent book is Bearing False Witness: Debunking centuries of anti-Catholic history (SPCK, 2017), his bestselling book The Rise of Christianity was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist and three of his other books have received Distinguished Book Awards. Raised as a Lutheran, he has identified himself as an agnostic but now calls himself an ‘independent Christian’.
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