For the Glory of God

How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery

By Rodney Stark
(Princeton University Press, Paperback, 9780691119502, 504pp.)

Publication Date: August 2004

Categories: Social History, Comparative Religion, Sociology of Religion

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"I unequivocally recommend this book. Iconoclastic toward the conventional iconoclasts, it is likely to meet with considerable furor."--David Martin, author of "Does Christianity Cause War?"

"This important and brilliant new book makes a number of points desperately needed to be understood by academics, teachers, and lay people. The conventional wisdom on science, religion, witchcraft, slavery, and sects is unfortunately both firmly and falsely fixed. This book will clear up the muddle for anyone open minded enough to learn from it."--Jeffrey Burton Russell, author of "A History of Heaven"

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