03988cam a22006974a 4500 ocm62147760 OCoLC 20200709055123.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 051025s2005 nyua ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng pn N$T OCLCQ YDXCP OCLCQ ADU E7B HNW DKDLA OCLCQ TEFOD JSTOR OCLCF OCLCA OCLCQ A8C COO EBLCP VT2 TEFOD DEBSZ RECBK OCLCQ 213305304 473101889 614999164 648291064 722589987 756549630 818856060 826512503 888803740 945080321 023150991X (electronic bk.) 9780231509916 (electronic bk.) 9780231136341 023113634X EB00639450 Recorded Books (OCoLC)62147760 (OCoLC)213305304 (OCoLC)473101889 (OCoLC)614999164 (OCoLC)648291064 (OCoLC)722589987 (OCoLC)756549630 (OCoLC)818856060 (OCoLC)826512503 (OCoLC)888803740 (OCoLC)945080321 22573/cttgqpwn JSTOR 41C19D57-3E8C-4B01-A3E2-8AA744E5C62E OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com n-us--- BX8611 .S78 2005eb SOC 039000 bisacsh REL046000 bisacsh REL017000 bisacsh 306.6/893 22 MAIN Stark, Rodney. The rise of Mormonism / Rodney Stark ; edited by Reid L. Neilson. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005. 1 online resource (xi, 173 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-160) and index. Extracting social scientific models from Mormon history -- Joseph Smith among the revelators -- Mormon networks of faith -- Rationality and Mormon sacrifice -- Modernization, secularization, and Mormon growth -- The basis of Mormon success -- The rise of a New World faith. Print version record. 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 question Rodney Stark addressed in his much-discussed and much-debated article, ""The Rise of a New World Faith"" (1984), one of several essays on Mormonism included in this new collection. Examining the religion's growing appeal, Rodney Stark concluded that Mormons could number 267 million members by 2080. In what would become known as ""the Stark argument, "" Stark suggested that the Mormon Church offered contemporary sociologist. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints History. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. fast (OCoLC)fst00549691 Mormon Church History. United States Church history. SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology of Religion. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) bisacsh Mormon Church. fast (OCoLC)fst01026221 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 Electronic books. Church history. fast (OCoLC)fst01411629 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Neilson, Reid Larkin. Print version: Stark, Rodney. Rise of Mormonism. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005 023113634X (DLC) 2005045464 (OCoLC)58831943 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=141388 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL908515 ebrary EBRY ebr10183581 EBSCOhost EBSC 141388 Recorded Books, LLC RECE rbeEB00639450 YBP Library Services YANK 2291230 92 N$T 48959 48959