![]() ![]() West, it would be difficult to say that Christianity "led to" His latest book, The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led toįreedom, Capitalism, and Western Success, continues along the same path, Stark's book, published ten years ago, did not Virtues that only the rarest of philosophers achieved the rabidlyĪnti-Christian Emperor Julian lamented that Christian charity put paganĮfforts to shame. Marveled, for example, that Christianity helped ordinary people attain Social science at Baylor University, argued persuasively thatĬhristianity grew so explosively in the classical world because itīrought superior benefits to rich and poor, men and women, slave andįree, the young, old, and infirm. IN THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY (1997), Rodney Stark, a professor of The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism,Īnd Western Success, by Rodney Stark. MLA style: "What hath god wrought?." The Free Library. ![]()
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