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Rodney Stark
American Theologian
Christian Church God People Who You
Related authors: Ernest Holmes Howard Thurman Huston Smith John Gresham Machen Mary Baker Eddy Mary Daly Reinhold Niebuhr Tryon Edwards
Can anyone seriously imagine a society without stable families? Maybe we should raise all the kids in state orphanages. Rodney Stark
Seriously Society State Kids Without Families Stable Maybe Anyone Should Orphanage Raise Imagine
There was only one decline in church attendance, and that was in the late 1960s when the Vatican said it was not a sin to miss Mass. They said Catholics could act like Protestants, and so they did. Rodney Stark
Church Late Only Could Vatican Attendance Miss Sin Mass Like Catholics Said Did Decline Act
There are many critics who think the megachurches thrive on people who enjoy dramatic Sunday services with fine music but don't wish to become very 'religious' on a day-to-day basis - that the megachurch appeal is a mile wide and an inch deep. Rodney Stark
Music People Sunday Thrive Wish Become Enjoy Think Dramatic Religious Critics Fine Day-To-Day Very Mile Inch Who Appeal Deep Many Wide Services Basis
America is an unusually religious nation. Rodney Stark
Nation Religious Unusually America
Regular church-goers are substantially more likely than non-attenders to read, to take newspapers and magazines, to listen to classical music, to attend symphony concerts, operas, and stage plays. Rodney Stark
Music Stage Symphony Magazines Classical Classical Music More Take Attend Likely Operas Read Concerts Than Listen Substantially Newspapers Regular Plays
Leading Christian theologians such as Augustine and Aquinas were not what today might be called 'strict constructionists.' Rather, they celebrated reason as the means to gain greater insight into divine intentions. Rodney Stark
Today Strict Christian Insight Rather Divine Leading Greater Were Augustine Celebrated Intentions Gain Might Means Theologians Reason
Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals. The word is taken to mean a passe form of religious thinking that embraces irrationality and dogmatism. So too, Scholasticism. Rodney Stark
Word Thinking Too Religious Embraces Taken Most Dogmatism Western Intellectuals Irrationality Form Mean Theology Among
The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress. Rodney Stark
God Progress Christian Rational Human Being Human Progress Who Believes Image
It can be demonstrated that in any society there is a distribution of religious tastes and concerns. Rodney Stark
Society Religious Distribution Concerns Tastes Any
The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church. Rodney Stark
People Church Will Members Out More More People Clergy Go Expand Working
Wherever you've got a state church, you have empty churches. Rodney Stark
You Church State Churches Empty Got Wherever
High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency. Rodney Stark
Crime Men Crimes High More Risky Tendency Toward Likely Make Does Proven Been Testosterone Up Commit Behaviour Where Different Turning Even Socialization Keeps Levels
A whole lot of Americans have never met a Mormon. Rodney Stark
Met Mormon Never Lot American Whole

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