Rodney Stark : Sociology of Religion, Rational Choice Theory, Theory of Religious Economy, The Rise of Christianity, The Rise of Mormonism, Free Rider Problem

Frederic P. Miller

ISBN 10: 6132655794 / ISBN 13: 9786132655790

Published by Omniscriptum, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rodney Stark : Sociology of Religion, Rational Choice Theory, Theory of Religious Economy, The Rise of Christianity, The Rise of Mormonism, Free Rider Problem
• Publisher: Omniscriptum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6132655794
• ISBN 13: 9786132655790
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 7D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 7 millimeters depth
• Weight: 185 grams

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Synopsis

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rodney Stark is an American sociologist of religion. He grew up in Jamestown, North Dakota in a Lutheran family. He spent time in the U.S. Army and worked as a journalist before pursuing graduate studies at The University of California, Berkeley. After teaching at the University of Washington for 32 years, Stark moved to Baylor University in 2004, where he is co-director of the Institute for Studies of Religion. He is an advocate of the application of the Rational choice theory in the sociology of religion, called the theory of religious economy. Stark has proposed in The Rise of Christianity that Christianity grew through gradual individual conversions via social networks of family, friends and colleagues. His main contribution, by comparing documented evidence of Christianity''s spread in the Roman Empire with the history of the LDS church in the 19th and 20th centuries, was to illustrate that a sustained and continuous growth could lead to huge growth within 200 years.