The Triumph of Faith: Why the World is More Religious Than Ever
By Rodney Stark
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Stark’s lively, eye-opening book is full of insights that defy the conventional wisdom. He reveals:
• Why Islam is not overtaking Christianity
• 81 percent of people around the world claim to belong to an organized religious faith
• Half of the people around the world attended a worship service in the past week
• Despite all the attention paid to the “New Atheists,” atheists remain few, anywhere
• Latin America has never been so Catholic—and that’s because there are now so many Protestants there
• Of all the great world religions, only Buddhism may not be growing
As Stark shows, secularists have been predicting the imminent demise of religion for centuries. It is their unshakeable faith in secularization that may be the most “irrational” of all.
Rodney Stark
Rodney Stark is one of the leading authorities on the sociology of religion. Stark has authored more than 150 scholarly articles and 32 books in 17 different languages, including several widely used sociology textbooks and best-selling titles. William Sims Bainbridge earned his doctorate in sociology from Harvard University in 1975. Altogether he has published about 300 articles and written or edited 40 books in a variety of scientific fields.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was one of the best I have ever read because it changed my whole outlook on religion. Far from being some low-fad activity reserved only for the poor and elderly, religion is booming around the world even in so-called secular America. Do you think technology and enlightenment is the cause of religious decline in Europe? Wrong! How about the idea that the Chinese and Japanese mostly lack a religion? Wrong again. Rodney Stark clarifies his views with objective data gained from the Gallup world polls and the World Values Surveys. Everything you thought you knew about religion decline is totally wrong. To those who are Christians: Read this if you want to feel inspired to spread the Christian message to all. There is great work being done in the kingdom.