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The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy by Finke, Roger

“…In this provocative book, Roger Finke and Rodney Stark challenge popular perceptions about American religion. They view the religious environment as a free…”
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The Triumph of Faith: Why the World is More Religious Than Ever by Stark, Rodney

“…The Triumph of Faith explodes the myth that people around the world are abandoning religion. Stark marshals an incredible amount of data—surveys of more…”
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How the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity by Stark, Rodney

“…Finally the Truth about the Rise of the West…”
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America's Blessings: How Religion Benefits Everyone, Including Atheists by Stark, Rodney

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Triumph of Faith: Why the World Is More Religious Than Ever by Stark, Rodney

“…God is not dead. Wall Street Journal Believe it or not, the world is more religious than ever before. Everyone seems to take it for granted that the world is…”
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A Star in the East: The Rise of Christianity in China by Stark, Rodney, Wang, Xiuhua

“…What is the state of Christianity in China? Some scholars say that China is invulnerable to religion. In contrast, others say that past efforts of missionaries…”
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Exploring Spirituality and Unchurched Religions in America, Sweden, and Japan by Stark, Rodney, Hamberg, Eva, Miller, Alan S.

“…A typology of churched and unchurched religions is developed and then used to analyse the status of unchurched spirituality in the United States, Sweden, and…”
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DEVIANT PLACES: A THEORY OF THE ECOLOGY OF CRIME by STARK, RODNEY

“…It is well known that high rates of crime and deviance can persist in specific neighborhoods despite repeated, complete turnovers in the composition of their…”
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The Rise of Mormonism by Stark, Rodney, Neilson, Reid

“…Will Mormonism be the next world faith, one that will rival Catholicism, Islam, and other major religions in terms of numbers and global appeal? This was the…”
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Physiology and Faith: Addressing the "Universal" Gender Difference in Religious Commitment by Stark, Rodney

“…That men are less religious than women is a generalization that holds around the world and across the centuries. However, there has been virtually no study of…”
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Sociology: Rodney Stark by Stark, Rodney

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Secularization, R.I.P by Stark, Rodney

“…From the beginning, social scientists have celebrated the secularization thesis despite the fact that it never was consistent with empirical reality. More than…”
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Faith and Happiness by Stark, Rodney, Maier, Jared

“…Twenty-four years of the General Social Surveys are analyzed to test eight hypotheses derived from the scattered literature on religion and happiness. The…”
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Culture, Region, and Cross-National Violent Crime by Corcoran, Katie E., Stark, Rodney

“…Past cross-national crime research has focused on structural factors with considerably less attention paid to cultural predictors. We extend the culture of…”
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Regional, structural, and demographic predictors of violent victimization: A cross-national, multilevel analysis of 112 countries by Corcoran, Katie E, Stark, Rodney

“…Routine activities and lifestyles theories emphasize structural and demographic predictors that affect the opportunity to commit crime and the likelihood of…”
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Gods, Rituals, and the Moral Order by Stark, Rodney

“…The functionalist "law" that religion sustains the moral order must be amended. As is demonstrated in this study, religion has this effect only as it is based…”
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Tek gerçek Tanrı: Tektanrıcılığın tarihsel sonuçları / Rodney Stark ; çeviren, Çiğdem Özüer by Stark, Rodney, Özüer, Çiğdem

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Gender and religiousness: Can socialization explanations be saved? by MILLER, Alan S, STARK, Rodney

“…It has long been assumed in sociology that gender differences in religiousness are a product of differential socialization. Yet, there is little empirical…”
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THE RELIGIOUS AWAKENING IN CHINA by STARK, RODNEY, LIU, ERIC Y.

“…Data from two national surveys of China in 2001 and 2007 are compared to demonstrate the rapid resurgence of religion in China. In only six years there has…”
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Religion as Context: Hellfire and Delinquency One More Time by Stark, Rodney

“…More than 10 years ago the author proposed a contextual-interactional explanation of the fact that research done on the West Coast fails to find a relationship…”
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