The Triumph of Faith
Why the World is More Religious Than Ever
Wilmington, Delaware : ISI Books, [2015]
Format: Book
Edition: 1 [edition].
Description: v, 258 pages ; 24 cm
God is not dead. "Wall Street Journal". The world is "more" religious than ever before. Everyone seems to take it for granted that the world is getting more secular that faith is doomed by modernity. Scientists, secularists, and atheists applaud the change; religious believers lament it. But here's the thing: "they re all wrong" and the bestselling author and influential scholar of religion Rodney Stark has the numbers to prove it. He explodes the myth that people around the world are abandoning religion. Marshals an unprecedented body of data surveys of more than a million people in 163 nations to paint the full picture that both scholars and popular commentators have missed. And he explains why the astonishing growth of religion is happening and what it means for our future. Stark s book is full of insights that defy the conventional wisdom. He reveals: Why claims about Millennials lack of religion are overblown and historically ignorant. Why Islam is NOT overtaking Christianity. How 4 out of 5 people worldwide now belong to an organized religion. How 50 percent have attended a worship service "in the past week". Why studies from the Pew Research Center and others get the religious landscape wrong. Why atheists remain few, anywhere despite all the talk of the New Atheism. As Stark shows, secularists have been predicting the imminent demise of religion for centuries. It is their unshakable faith in secularization that may be the most irrational of all beliefs.
Contents:
Introduction: Confounding the secularization faithful -- A global portrait of faith -- Europe: the grand illusions -- The churching of Latin America -- Islam intensified -- Sub-Saharan African piety -- The "unchurched" Japanese -- Converting China -- Faith in the "Four Asian Tigers" -- The Hindu revival -- Religious America -- Conclusion: Why faith endures.
Subjects:
Religion -- History -- 21st century.
Religions -- History -- 21st century.
Spirituality -- History -- 21st century.
Religion -- Forecasting.
Religions -- Forecasting.
Spirituality -- Forecasting.
Religion -- Statistics.
Religions -- Statistics.
Spirituality -- Statistics.
Religion -- History -- 21st century.
Religions -- History -- 21st century.
Spirituality -- History -- 21st century.
Religion -- Forecasting.
Religions -- Forecasting.
Spirituality -- Forecasting.
Religion -- Statistics.
Religions -- Statistics.
Spirituality -- Statistics.
ISBN:
9781610171380
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RELIGION Sta | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.