Stark, Rodney – Publications | Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion

	Reformation Myths: Five Centuries of Misconceptions and (Some) Misfortunes by Rodney Stark, SPCK, August 17, 2017

	Why God?: Explaining Religious Phenomena by Rodney Stark, Templeton Press, April 2017

	Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History, by Rodney Stark, Templeton Press, May 2016

	Sociology of Religion: A Rodney Stark Reader by Rodney Stark (Author), Dedong Wei (Editor), Zhifeng Zhong (Editor), Paul Froese (Foreword) (2015)

	The Triumph of Faith: Why the World Is More Religious than Ever, by Rodney Stark, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Nov 16, 2015

	A Star in the East:The Rise of Christianity in China By Rodney Stark and Xiuhua Wang, Templeton Press, May 2015

	Religious Hostility: A Global Assessment of Hatred and Terror By Rodney Stark and Katie Corcoran, ISR Books, April 2014

	How the West Won:The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity By Rodney Stark, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Feb 2014

	America’s Blessings: How Religion Benefits Everyone, Including Atheists By Rodney Stark, Templeton Press, October 2012

	The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World’s Largest Religion By Rodney Stark, HarperOne, October 25, 2011

	Counting China’s Christians: There are as many Christians in China as there are members of the Communist Party. by Rodney Stark, Byron Johnson, and Carson Mencken, First Things May 2011

	God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades by Rodney Stark, HarperOne, October 13, 2009. Link to Publication

	The Complexities of Comparative Research, Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, 2008 Volume 4, Article 4.

	What Americans Really Believe By Rodney Stark, Baylor Press 2008 Link to Publication

	Deregulation and the Religious Market in Taiwan: A Research Note By Yunfeng Lu, Byron Johnson and Rodney Stark, The Sociological Quarterly, Volume 49 pp 138-153, 2008.

	Conventional Christian Beliefs and Experimentation with the Paranormal By Rodney Stark, F. Carson Mencken and Christopher Bader, Review of Religious Research, Volume 50(2), pp. 194-205, 2008

	DISCOVERING GOD: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief By Rodney Stark, HarperOne, 2007Link to Publication

	CITIES OF GOD:The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome By Rodney Stark, Harper San Francisco, 2006Link to Publication

	The Rise of Christianity By Rodney Stark , HarperOne, 1997.Link to Publication

	Religious Competition and Roman Piety By Rodney Stark , Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion Volume 2, 2006, Article 6.

	Religious Competition and Revival in Italy: Exploring European Exceptionalism By Rodney Stark and Massimo Introvigne, Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion Volume 1, 2005, Article 5.

	SSSR Presidential Address, 2004: Putting an End to Ancestor Worship By Rodney Stark, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion volume 43, Number 4, pp. 465-475, 2004.

	Religions in Context: The Response of Non-Morman Faiths in Utah By Rodney Stark and Roger Finke Review of Religious Research, Volume 45, pp. 294-299, 2004.

	Upper Class Asceticism: Social Origins of Ascetic Movements and Medieval Saints By Rodney Stark, Review of Religious Research, 2003 Volume 45:1, pp 5-19.

	False Conflict: Christianity is Not Only Compatible with Science – It Created It By Rodney Stark, The American Enterprise Volume 14, pp. 27-33, Oct/Nov 2003.

	Gender and Religiousness: Can Socialization Explanations Be Saved? By Alan S. Miller and Rodney Stark, American Journal of Sociology, Volume 107, Number 6, pp. 1399-1423, May 2002.

	Physiology and Faith: Addressing the Universal Gender Difference in Religious Commitment By Rodney Stark, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 41, Number 3, pp. 495-507, 2002.

	The New Holy Clubs: Testing Church-to-Sect Propositions By Roger Finke and Rodney Stark, Sociology of Religion volume 62, Number 2, pp. 175-189, 2001.

	Efforts to Christianize Europe, 400-2000 By Rodney Stark, Journal of Contemporary Religion Volume 16, Number 1, pp. 105-123, 2001.

	Doing Field Studies of Religious Movements: An Agenda By Susan Pitchford, Christopher Bader and Rodney Stark, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 40, Number 3, pp. 379-.92, 2001.

	Gods, Rituals, and the Moral Order By Rodney Stark, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Volume 40, Number 4, pp. 619-636, 2001.View/Download Publication

	Catholic Religious Vocations: Decline and Revival By Rodney Stark, Review of Religious Research Volume 42, Number 2, pp. 125-145, 2000.View/Download Publication

	Reconceptualizing Religion, Magic, and Science By Rodney Stark, Review of Religious Research, 2001, Volume 43:2, pp 101-120.View/Download Publication

	Religious Effects: In Praise of “Idealistic Humbug” By Rodney Stark, Review of Religious Research, 2000, Volume 41:3, pp 289-310. Religious Effects