The triumph of christianity by rodney stark
Why claims about Millennials' lack of religion are overblown and historically ignorant.
THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY BY RODNEY STARK FULL
And he explains why the astonishing growth of religion is happening and what it means for our future.Stark's bracing book is full of insights that defy the conventional wisdom. Stark marshals an unprecedented body of data-surveys of more than a million people in 163 nations-to paint the full picture that both scholars and popular commentators have missed. Scientists, secularists, and atheists applaud the change religious believers lament it.But here's the thing: they're all wrong-and the bestselling author and influential scholar of religion Rodney Stark has the numbers to prove it.The Triumph of Faith explodes the myth that people around the world are abandoning religion. "God is not dead." -Wall Street JournalBelieve it or not, the world is more religious than ever before.Everyone seems to take it for granted that the world is getting more secular-that faith is doomed by modernity.