Synopses & Reviews
A shocking snapshot of the most current impulses in American religion. Rodney Stark reports the surprising findings of the 2007 Baylor Surveys of Religion, a follow up to the 2005 survey revealing most Americans believe in God or a higher power. This new volume highlights even more hot-button issues of religious life in our country. A must-read for anyone interested in Americans' religious beliefs and practices.
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An indispensable resource for understanding the American public.
- George H. Gallup Jr., American Public Opinion Statistician
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All who find in statistics precise food for thought owe Stark and his colleagues at Baylor gratitude.
-Publisher's Weekly
Synopsis
Reports on the often surprising results of a new large-scale survey of Americans' religious beliefs and practices
Synopsis
...a detailed, comprehensive often surprising snapshot of the most current impulses in American religion. -George H. Gallup Jr.
About the Author
Rodney Stark (Ph.D. University of California, Berkley) is Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences at Baylor University. Co-Director of the Institute of Studies of Religion, Stark is also widely published. His publications include Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief (2007), Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome (2006), and The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success (2005).