TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stark,Rodney
TI  - The victory of reason: how Christianity led to freedom, capitalism, and Western success 
SN  - 0812972333
AV  - BR 115 .C5 S63 2006 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House Trade Paperbacks
KW  - Christian civilization
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History
N1  - Originally published: New York : Random House, c2005; Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-270) and index; Introduction : reason and progress -- pt. I. Foundations. Blessings of rational theology ; Medieval progress : technical, cultural, and religious ; Tyranny and the "rebirth" of freedom -- pt. II. Fulfillment. Perfecting Italian capitalism ; Capitalism moves North ; "Catholic" anticapitalism : Spanish and French despotism ; Feudalism and capitalism in the new world -- Conclusion : globalization and modernity
N2  - In The victory of reason, sociologist Stark advances the idea that Christianity and its related institutions are directly responsible for the most significant intellectual, political, scientific, and economic breakthroughs of the past millennium. In Stark's view, what has propelled the West is not the tension between secular and nonsecular society, nor the pitting of science and the humanities against religious belief. Christian theology, Stark asserts, is the very font of reason. While the world's other great belief systems emphasized mystery, obedience, or introspection, Christianity alone embraced logic and reason as the path toward enlightenment, freedom, and progress.--From publisher description
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