the triumph of christianity by rodney stark

It is their unshakable faith in secularization that may be the most 'irrational' of all beliefs. 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.Why much-ballyhooed studies from the Pew Research Center and others get the religious landscape wrong.How 50 percent have attended a worship service in the past week.How 4 out of 5 people worldwide now belong to an organized religion.Why Islam is NOT overtaking Christianity.Why claims about Millennials' lack of religion are overblown and historically ignorant.Stark's bracing book is full of insights that defy the conventional wisdom.

And he explains why the astonishing growth of religion is happening and what it means for our future. Stark 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. 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.The Triumph of Faith explodes the myth that people around the world are abandoning religion. Scientists, secularists, and atheists applaud the change religious believers lament it. Everyone seems to take it for granted that the world is getting more secular-that faith is doomed by modernity. 'God is not dead.' -Wall Street Journal Believe it or not, the world is more religious than ever before. The Triumph of Faith Why the World Is More Religious than Ever

The triumph of christianity by rodney stark